PNG Trade Union Congress (TUC)

TUC together with over 10 of its affiliates of trade unions gathered yesterday, Monday 6^th December 2021, to deliver the petition to the Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations, Tomait Kapili. 

They have given the Government an ultimatum and failure to respond will result in the withdrawal of labour force throughout the country and;

In a statement today, the PNGTUC responded to the announcement by Minister Manase that employers and worker representatives need to justify why a new minimum wage must be set.

The PNGTUC refutes this claim, stating that provisioned in the "Gazetted" 2014 Minimum Wage Determination is a clause that specifically states, the minimum wage shall be reviewed after three years.

“That is three years after the 03rd July, 2016, when K3.50 rate was effected.