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, by TILLMAN Clive
Workers at the Nexperia semiconductor factory in Cabuyao, the Philippines, are in a protracted struggle for better wages and against union busting by the corporation, which sells computer chips to tech companies worldwide, including Tesla and Bosch. Nexperia is headquartered in the Netherlands (…)
We, the different human rights and organizations of agricultural workers and sectors in Mindanao firmly stand in solidarity with the deprived and exploited workers of the Holcim Philippines Incorporated Lugait, Misamis Oriental Mindanao Plant. We call on Holcim Philippines Incorporated to listen (…)
, by ILAGAN Karol
Technological innovations like ride-hailing and food-delivery applications are supposed to improve people’s lives, yet their advancement has far outpaced existing laws, creating challenges in ensuring that the benefits are evenly distributed.
Workplaces are required to secure permits and (…)
, by MIRANDA Judy Ann
In 2024, workers faced severe challenges in their wages, benefits, and working conditions brought about by the cost-of-living crisis. They also found themselves caught in the escalating intramurals between two leading political dynasties in the country.
While the average inflation rate of 3.2 (…)
, by MIRANDA Judy Ann
Last year, workers in Philippines faced severe challenges in their wages, benefits and working conditions as they were caught in the vise of economic difficulties brought about by the cost-of-living crisis and escalating intramurals between the two leading political dynasties in the country. (…)
, by ILAGAN Karol
Gig work is full-time work in the Philippines. Food-delivery and ride-hailing workers, whose daily routine is dictated by an algorithm, struggle with uncertain pay, indebtedness, and the physical toll of chasing incentives.
On a Thursday afternoon, just after the lunch rush, a pack of (…)
, by GARCÍA-AJOFRÍN Lola, SOBEJANO Damaris, STROBL Günther, WITTSTOCK Birgit, ŻYŁOWSKI Michał
Poland, Austria, Spain: workers, especially women, come to Europe from the Philippines to look after children and the elderly or to work as housekeepers. An example of selective immigration, and therefore not without exploitation.
Two years ago in Manila, employment agencies started offering (…)
, by VELASCO Benjamin
The Philippines provides an interesting case study of the potentials and constraints of the ‘boomerang effect’. Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink posited that the strategy of transnational advocacy organizations in influencing a nation-state’s domestic policies exhibits a boomerang pattern. This (…)
, by International Transport Workers’ Federation
Our demands for a progressive public mass transport system
For decades, jeepneys have been serving as an affordable, last-mile public transport in the Philippines. Nearly 40 million passengers, mostly students, and workers, rely on jeepneys daily to reach their homes, schools, work, public (…)
, by CABALZA Dexter
MANILA, Philippines — Labor groups are joining the opposition against Charter change (Cha-cha), with one group urging lawmakers to prioritize passing a law for a P150 wage hike for private sector workers.
The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) vice president Jun Mendoza Ramirez in a statement on (…)
, by MAGTUBO Renato, MIRANDA Judy Ann
’Caught between shrinking amounts of products and shrinking value of wages, workers are reeling from hardship during the holidays’
How did the Filipino working class fare in 2023? Wages and jobs remained the most pressing issues for workers and the poor. Indeed, surveys have repeatedly borne (…)
, by YONAHA Yvan Ysmael
Grab Philippines, Respect Our Rights! Recognise Our Union and Negotiate With Us! rang in Angeles City during the public launch of the National Union of Food Delivery Riders (formerly known as United Delivery Riders of the Philippines; henceforth, the riders’ union) on January 25, 2023. In (…)
, by Uni Global Union
On Friday, 1 December, more than 80,000 community health workers in the Philippines, commonly referred to as Barangay Health Workers (BHW), found themselves suddenly out of work with no notice.
The shocking development took place soon after new officeholders who won the recent Barangay (…)
, by VELASCO Benjamin
Improving labor rights and strengthening workers’ power are necessary counter-weights in an era of wealth inequality and a cost-of-living crisis
A team from the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded last week a probe into labor rights in the country. Not as controversial as the (…)
, by Asian Labour Review
The ILO High Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) is visiting the Philippines on 23-26 January 2023, and the Philippine labour movement has been mobilising to pressure the government to respect the rights of workers. We present a Prime to explain what the HLTM is and why this is a crucial moment for (…)
, by Nagkaisa
The NAGKAISA Labor Coalition expressed opposition to customized proposals to privatize everything like the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the EDSA busway carousel.
“We believe that privatization is not a panacea or an all-out solution to our public transportation problems, and we (…)
, by Partido Manggagawa
In reaction to news that unemployment has dipped to just 4.2% in November 2022, Rene Magtubo, chair of the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) stated that “Indeed, more Filipinos are back to work but in bad jobs.” Magtubo insisted that “Quality as much as quantity of jobs is a concern using the (…)
, by MAGTUBO Renato, Partido Manggagawa
Despite the economy sustaining its recovery from the recession induced by the pandemic, workers faced a worsening incomes and jobs crisis in 2022. Thus, while businesses were slowly recuperating, formal and informal workers continued bleeding from wage and income erosion, job losses, and a fall (…)
CEBU, Philippines — As retrenchments hit various industries, the labor sector has called on the government to provide assistance to those affected workers.
The call was made in reaction to the statement of the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (CONWEP) that some 9,450 to (…)
, by JAYMALIN Mayen
MANILA, Philippines — Organized labor yesterday presented demands to the new Marcos administration, but expressed doubt about achieving much improvement in their lives.
Partido ng Manggagawa chair Renato Magtubo wants an outright wage increase as well as a change in the current wage fixing (…)
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