Contractuals making fastfood equipment hold strike in Laguna ecozone
They work 12 hours every day, with regular four-hour overtime that often turns into an overnight overtime.
Contractuals making fastfood equipment hold strike in Laguna ecozone
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Nat’l Health Workers Day | Health workers demand salary increase, end to contractualization
Nat’l Health Workers Day | Health workers demand salary increase, end to contractualization
“The patients are increasing but the manpower is not. With this kind of set up, health workers, who are mostly overworked, are vulnerable to mistakes.”
Contractual workers in the gov’t push for security of tenure for non-regular employees
Contractual workers in the gov’t push for security of tenure for non-regular employees
The bill proposes to provide security of tenure and civil service eligibility to all non-regular employees who are working continuously in any government agency for at least six months.
#MayoUno2018 | Workers in a show of force, unity vs. contractualization, anti-labor policies
#MayoUno2018 | Workers in a show of force, unity vs. contractualization, anti-labor policies
“There are more than 20 million contractual workers in the country. Until we see massive regularization, expect more workers to flood the streets in protest.”
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Public school teachers storm Palace to press for pay hike
Public school teachers storm Palace to press for pay hike
“Even the Duterte regime could not deny that working people, including teachers, badly need economic relief. But we cannot fill our families’ stomachs with Duterte’s pompous talk and empty recognition.”
Global Day of Action to free Mary Jane Veloso set on April 29
Global Day of Action to free Mary Jane Veloso set on April 29
Migrant advocates are calling on President Duterte to do everything in his power to save Mary Jane and all innocent OFW's on death row.
Coca-Cola workers demand regularization, call for public support
Coca-Cola workers demand regularization, call for public support
Many workers at the Sta. Rosa plant have been considered contractual despite eighteen 18 years of service. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has already released a final and executory order to regularize all 675 contractual workers but the CCFPI has repeatedly refused to carry out the order.
Construction workers’ death in Cebu highlights need for pro-worker OSH law – EILER
Construction workers’ death in Cebu highlights need for pro-worker OSH law – EILER
'The management of J.E. Abraham C. Lee Construction and Development Inc. as well as DOLE and Cebu City LGU have fallen short in ensuring safety of the workers.'
Government employees reiterate call for salary increase, end to contractualization
Government employees reiterate call for salary increase, end to contractualization
The ACT Teachers Party filed on Feb. 21 House Bill 7211, An Act Increasing the Minimum Salaries of Public School Teachers and other Government Employees and Augmenting the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA).
On workers’ draft Executive Order to End Endo | ‘Any EO weaker than this is unacceptable’
On workers’ draft Executive Order to End Endo | ‘Any EO weaker than this is unacceptable’
“President Duterte’s ‘compromise’ means that he wants workers to be exploited indefinitely; and that we could never accept.”
TNCS, Big Biz are big employers of contractuals
TNCS, Big Biz are big employers of contractuals
These are just some examples readily provided by one labor organization.
‘Free our labor organizer’ — KMU asks PNP
‘Free our labor organizer’ — KMU asks PNP
Marklen Maojo Maga, 39, was arrested by policemen in plainclothes at around 8:40 a.m. after he brought his son to school. It was only in the evening that his family and lawyers confirmed that he is being held at the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group compound in Camp Crame.
Workers camp out vs Duterte tack on contractualization
Workers camp out vs Duterte tack on contractualization
The consensus among labor groups is that contractual workers constitute at least half of the employed, and in many instances, up to eight in every 10 employed.
In Duterte crackdown vs Left, govt troops also target unionists in Mindanao
In Duterte crackdown vs Left, govt troops also target unionists in Mindanao
On January 29, around 1 p.m., soldiers from the 66th IBPA & 25th IBPA gathered the residents of Sitio Pogi, Brgy. San Miguel, Compostela, and presented names of civilians they alleged to have links and tasks in the revolutionary NPA, including some union leaders of a banana company, namely Roland Cobrado, Perlita Milallos, and Elmer Atamosa.
Tugade timeout | Senate hearing on jeepney phaseout reset for Dec. 11 as protesters face repression
Tugade timeout | Senate hearing on jeepney phaseout reset for Dec. 11 as protesters face repression
From the transport groups’ gathering in Welcome Rotonda up to the area near UST and on to Morayta going to Mendiola Bridge (Chino Roces), the protesters were repeatedly confronted by policemen, Land Transportation Office (LTO) and Metro Manila Development Authority personnel.
Transport groups want explanations from Secretary Tugade in Senate hearing
Transport groups want explanations from Secretary Tugade in Senate hearing
“We welcome and appreciate the effort of Sen. Grace Poe. That’s what we want to hear from the government.”
Transport Strike set against Govt ‘PR’ to replace, move jeepneys to big biz
Transport Strike set against Govt ‘PR’ to replace, move jeepneys to big biz
The selling price of the new jeepneys the government wanted the operators to purchase ranged from P1.5 million to P1.6 million ($27,840 to $31.82). Under a seven-year loan package with interest, the final price would be more than P2 million each, making the government-vetted jeepney as costly as a sports utility vehicle.
‘Decent work’ for domestic workers top agenda of ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labor
‘Decent work’ for domestic workers top agenda of ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labor
In a recent study of the ILO, it found out that 61 percent of all domestic workers in Asia were entirely excluded from labor protection, and only three percent enjoyed equal protection with other general workers.
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