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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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
The labor group Partido Manggagawa, on SONA (State of the Nation Address) day, advised their fellow workers not to pin their hopes with the hype of a ‘golden era’ being promoted by the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying the value of this campaign narrative, the same as wages, has (...)
The riders’ rights group Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong (Kagulong) asked the government for a package of social assistance for the so-called “bagong bayani” ahead of the first SONA of President Bongbong Marcos.
Kagulong held a pre-SONA online gathering yesterday were riders aired their (...)
Labour organisers are sceptical that incoming president will prioritise better working conditions in the gig economy.
Manila, Philippines – Even as demand for his taxi service gradually recovers with the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edward is not celebrating. Instead of taking home more (...)
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed employers for seeking exemption from the recently announced minimum wage hikes as it shouted out to them: “Wag kayong kuripot!” [“Don’t be a squirrel”]. The group called on workers to express outrage as the most vulnerable workers will be left (...)
In his final labor day address to workers, outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte spoke about celebrating “all the triumphs and progress that the labor movement has accomplished over the years,” but he spoke as well about the need “to overcome the challenges by recognizing the rights of (...)
With days to go to before the April 1 deadline for some 1.4 million IT and BPO employees to return to their offices as per an order from the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) of the Department of Finance (DoF), the group Inter-Call Center Association of Workers (ICCAW) called on Labor (...)
Special series: Organising under authoritarian regimes
The authoritarian regime bred by the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte consolidated power in the executive, influenced the legislative, and challenged the judicial branches of government under strongman rule (Viajar, 2022). The (...)
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello’s statement that the government is addressing the killings and repression of labor leaders and trade unionists. “Deeds do not match words. Labor Secretary Bello is unfortunately being disingenuous when he says that (...)
CEBU, Philippines — Labor group Partido ng Mangagawa predicts that 2021 will see a resurgence of workers’ actions to defend democratic freedoms and labor rights.
Workers in Cebu hit the streets for a mobile rally on Labor Day this year.
“The government ensured labor groups could not (...)
Education International has joined other Global Unions in a webinar backing Filipino workers and trade unionists who fight to defend from governmental siege rights and democracy. The discussion was organised by the Council of Global Unions (CGU). The CGU groups Global Union Federations like EI (...)
How bad has been the downturn in the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), long a lifeline of the Philippine economy but which have been battered by the worldwide pandemic as tens of thousands of OFWs have lost their jobs and are streaming home?
For three straight months starting (...)
PASIG CITY — Workers at Filipino beverage giant Zagu went on strike on June 6, in response to management’s attempts to bust their union and President Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to end contract labour.
According to the Organisation of Zagu Workers (Organiza) union, an affiliate of the (...)
The ITUC has condemned the brutal murder of Filipino labour organiser Leonides “Dennis” Sequeña. Men riding a motorcycle shot Sequeña in Cavite, Philippines while he was attending a workers’ meeting on Sunday 2 June 2019. He was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital.
“The (...)
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