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By PATRICIA REY LARA
Marissa Cristobal, mother of Benbon Cristobal, one of the victims of the Eton residences accident, could only hope for the best for her family. She admits that she still has not recovered from the death of her eldest son.
The struggles of a minimum wage earner
By MARYA SALAMAT
The labor center KMU accused the Aquino government of engaging in a “propaganda offensive against calls for a substantial wage hike, amid growing sentiment in favor of this wage hike.”
Labor Groups Prepare Mass Actions for May 1 “and Beyond”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"Since July 2010, skyrocketing commodity prices coupled with stagnant wages have eroded workers’ wages in lightning speed, which is unmatched by the previous administration,” said EILER executive director Anna Leah Escresa.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Filipino workers and people have every reason to be outraged by the Aquino government’s refusal to implement a substantial wage hike while allowing prices to increase unabated.” – Koalisyon ng Manggagawa at Mamamayang Pilipino (KPMM)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Philippine government has been giving foreign companies, including Japanese firms, a lot of incentives and perks. We hope the government would also extend to us some help especially now that thousands of Filipino workers may be adversely affected by the disaster that hit their parent or supplier companies in Japan." – Dexter Datu, chairman of Metalworkers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP).
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Even if the remaining adjustments for 2012 under the SSL 3 is released this year, this will only mean a new minimum pay of P9,000 (US$209). This is not even half of the P29,000 (US$674) monthly cost of living. As it is, we have yet to receive the increase and yet the amount is already lost to inflation”. – Wage Fight! Alliance
By MARYA SALAMAT
"Our take home pay cannot take us home anymore.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
During the 10th National Congress of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the labor center took stock of its strengths and weaknesses and resolved to bring the struggle of workers to a higher level, and to pursue the fight against neoliberal policies, which constitute an attack on the rights of workers and the Filipino people.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“You cannot put a price tag on lives. What the families want is justice for their relatives and guarantees that what happened in the Eton construction site would not happen again. We cannot just let Eton Properties and its contractors and subcontractors escape blame and accountability as families continue to mourn. ” – Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
They were sexually harassed; they had no union; their pay never went above the minimum wage; and their 13th month pay was cut in half. When they formed a union, the management tried to undermine it. But everything turned out for the better when the workers, who are predominantly women, collectively staged protest actions from noise barrage, to work slowdown and finally a strike.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Manila preschool teachers are all in favor of the nationalization of the kindergarten program, but they are vehemently against the Department of education’s plans to hire new teachers on a contractual basis.
Sidebar: ‘Yes’ to Universal Kindergarten, ‘No’ to Contractualization of Kinder Teachers – ACT Teachers
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The hospital claims to be a Christian Institution. It even carries the slogan 'Cure the sick and care for every individual who works for the common good of all.' Too bad the slogan doesn’t apply to the employees.” – Our Lady of Mercy Specialty Hospital Employees Union
By MARYA SALAMAT
"If you take the proper nurse to patient ratio in this country more than 364,000 nurses are actually needed…but owing to the volunteer-for-a-fee practice of private health facilities, compounded by the low government budget for health,.. the Philippines finds itself today in a situation where it has seemingly surplus nurses but it also has a pressing need for their services."
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