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The disparity between the rich and the poor has only widened as wages were kept depressed and dragged further down by the two-tier wage system, which the Aquino administration introduced early into its term.
“The criminal negligence of the Department of Labor and Employment and the Bureau of Fire Protection resulted in the deaths of Kentex workers…”
There has been no update, no feedback, no nothing about their case.
“We express our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the five miners who were found dead in the open-pit coal mine in Semirara Island. We also express our solidarity with the families and friends of the other miners who remain missing…” - KMU
As the LBC management is asking the labor department to assume jurisdiction of the labor dispute to quell the impending strike, the concerned union and supporters in the capital waved “Boycott LBC Express” posters.
Tanduay workers have initiated a campaign to boycott Tanduay products and they are asking the people to support it.
"It [contractualization] is an alarming business practice: workers both in public and private sectors are forced to work for wages below the meagre minimum wage, with no benefits, no job security and under poor health and safety work conditions."
"The employment status of a person is defined and prescribed by law and not by what the parties say it should be."
The decision of the National Labor Relations Commission is a vindication of the workers’ right to strike and an initial step at undermining the talent system being implemented by RMN management.
“Time and again, they have tried to break us but they failed.
“The compromise agreement stipulates that parties should not take retaliatory actions against parties, but Sumifru did this to us.”
“We believe in the quality of GMA’s content that makes it a leading brand; we are part of the efforts that make it so.”
“The illegal lockout and dismissal affecting packing plant 90 workers this month is clearly an act of retaliation by Sumifru and a violation of the April 22 settlement.”
Members of the Talents Association of GMA (TAG) staged the work stoppage and the June 5 protest action in response to the management’s withholding of their salaries.
“We love our jobs that’s why we want to have security of tenure as regular workers.”
“We believe that even though we are a small group, we can be a formidable force that can mobilize every contractual worker in the country to stand up for labor justice.”
"Why did the police not arrest the goons for their violence earlier? Why did they handcuff the workers and treat them like criminals instead?"
“It appears that Aquino broke his silence on the issue more than two weeks after the factory fire to take a swipe at political adversaries at the local level and whitewash the accountability of Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas for the factory fire.”
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