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For Jeepney Drivers and Truckers in the Philippines, a Long, Hard Slog
For Jeepney Drivers and Truckers in the Philippines, a Long, Hard Slog
Since the Arroyo regime expanded the value-added tax on oil and since the implementation of the oil-deregulation law, most jeepney drivers have to work long hours, often up to 14 hours a day. If they don’t, whatever money they earn for the day will only further enrich the oil companies -- and they go home penniless. Think about this the next time you are tempted to curse jeepney drivers for being uncouth, discourteous and undisciplined, as the government is wont to depict them.
Massive Transport Strike Set on Monday; Groups Denounce Oil Firms’ ‘Greed’
Massive Transport Strike Set on Monday; Groups Denounce Oil Firms’ ‘Greed’
Public-transport drivers and operators in several urban areas across the country – including, for the first time, Makati City – denounce the measly oil-price rollbacks by the Big Three oil companies, as well as their “manipulation” of the prices of oil and gas products, such as LPG, to the detriment of unorganized and ordinary consumers.
Slideshow: A Call for Help from Distressed OFWs in Sabah
Slideshow: A Call for Help from Distressed OFWs in Sabah
A Call for Help from OFWs in Sabah
In the Farms and Plantations of Sabah, a Brutal Reality Confronts Filipinos
In the Farms and Plantations of Sabah, a Brutal Reality Confronts Filipinos
To many Filipinos in the southern Philippines, Sabah represents salvation. Beckoned by the vast palm-oil plantations in the Malaysian state, they go there in droves seeking employment that they could not find in their homeland. Once there, however, many of them are confronted with the reality of neglect and abuse that is far brutal than the one they had left behind.
For Triumph’s Workers, a Bleak Future Made Worse by DOLE’s Complicity
For Triumph’s Workers, a Bleak Future Made Worse by DOLE’s Complicity
The employees at Triumph International who are about to lose their jobs are wringing their hands over what awaits them in these difficult times. They are likewise upset that the labor department, instead of helping them, has been assisting the German company in its machinations to get rid of its workers.
Wilson Baldonaza: Philippine Progressive Labor’s Great Educator, Leader
Wilson Baldonaza: Philippine Progressive Labor’s Great Educator, Leader
Ka Wilson was a dropout from a poor family in Tarlac. But that did not stop him from becoming one of the most intelligent and passionate leaders of the progressive labor movement in the Philippines. Not even his sickness, to which he succumbed this week at the age of 55, prevented him from pursuing the Filipino workers’ struggle that he waged all his life.
20 OFWs Being Treated as Sex Slaves20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who recently returned to the Philippines has made an urgent appeal to help rescue 20 other women OFWs in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are being treated as sex slaves. She said several of them have been raped.
Hundreds of Workers Laid Off as Underwear Giant Closes Philippine Factories
Hundreds of Workers Laid Off as Underwear Giant Closes Philippine Factories
Union denounces move by Triumph International, calling it “unjust and illegal." The workers have been trying to fend off attempts by the company to decrease production at the factories and to move these facilities elsewhere.
Philippines Still Asia’s Most Dangerous Country for Workers, Also No. 3 in the World
Philippines Still Asia’s Most Dangerous Country for Workers, Also No. 3 in the World
A recent survey finds that the Philippines remains on top of the list of most dangerous countries for workers for several years now. Labor groups say the ILO’s decision to conduct a fact-finding mission here highlights the worsening abuses against labor-rights activists.
Slideshow: Solidarity Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Slideshow: Solidarity Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Another OFW Faces Execution in Kuwait
Another OFW Faces Execution in Kuwait
Jakatia Pawa of Zamboanga Sibugay was convicted of killing her employer’s daughter; a Kuwaiti court has upheld the verdict. Migrante International denounces the Arroyo regime for not doing enough to save OFWs on death row in other countries.
After Paltry Wage Increase, State Workers to Campaign for More
After Paltry Wage Increase, State Workers to Campaign for More
The recently signed Salary Standardization Law 3 (SSL3) sets new salary rates for state workers. It’s a welcome respite amid the economic crisis, as well as an initial victory of the campaign for better wages. But government workers say SSL3, apart from giving really small increases, still has numerous anti-worker provisions. It is crying out for improvement.
In Triumph’s Underwear Shops in the Philippines, a Fear of Massive Job Layoffs
In Triumph’s Underwear Shops in the Philippines, a Fear of Massive Job Layoffs
Triumph, one of the world’s largest underwear makers, has been re-exporting its raw materials from the Philippines to other countries where labor cost is lower. Its workers are understandably worried. Worse, they have reason to believe that the company may end up becoming a runaway shop.
Slideshow: Triumph Workers Cry Repression
Slideshow: Triumph Workers Cry Repression
Workers at Triumph Cry Repression
‘Improved’ Employment Driven by Survival Instincts, Not Arroyo’s Programs
‘Improved’ Employment Driven by Survival Instincts, Not Arroyo’s Programs
Aside from statistically concealing millions of jobless workers through the use of a flawed methodology, the Arroyo regime makes the deception worse by claiming that the job situation, because of government policies and programs, has improved despite the global crisis.
Jeepney Drivers as Milking Cows of ‘Crocodiles’ in Arroyo Administration
Jeepney Drivers as Milking Cows of ‘Crocodiles’ in Arroyo Administration
Steep increases in fines and penalties, imposed by the Arroyo regime to make up for its chronic revenue shortfalls, are hitting jeepney drivers particularly hard. As if that were not enough, buwayas (crododiles) masquerading as traffic enforcers in colorful uniforms lurk in the streets, waiting to pounce on them at every turn.
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