Manila, Aug. 14 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will use every lawful remedy available to restore the PHP85 daily minimum wage increase and fight for workers who urgently need it.

In a statement Friday, Secretary Francis Tolentino vowed to continue the fight for Metro Manila's minimum wage workers after its implementation was blocked by the decision of the Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 152.

"We will exhaust all legal avenues to challenge and overturn this decision, and to defend the rights and welfare of our workers," he said.

"The ruling of Pasig RTC Branch 152 does not merely suspend a wage increase. It takes food off the table of more than a million Metro Manila workers and their families."

On Thursday, ...