“[Article 280 of the] Labor Code clearly states that we should be regular employees from Day 1 because the work we’re doing is necessary and desirable to Monde Nissin.”
Tags: Contractualization
A night of singing, solidarity, protest
“We are very hopeful that the workers’ fight will someday lead to victory as we unite with other sectors. This night of gathering and sharing our struggle proves that the state of workers in the country is not improving. Through this event, we find support in each other struggles.”
‘Women workers betrayed by Duterte’s Endo bill veto’
Apart from the “endo,” Brosas also lamented various issues affecting women, such as gender-based violence and economic issues such as the lifting of tariffs on imported rice and the water supply crisis.
Workers not surprised with Duterte’s veto of security of tenure bill
“Workers can only rely on unity.”
Behind the fragrance of laundry soaps
Contrary to how the Pepmaco brands itself as leading surfactant manufacturing with innovative and advance technology, respiratory masks barely protect the workers.
Why ending ‘endo’ remains as Duterte’s unmet campaign promise
The Congress-approved Senate version does not prohibit fixed-term and multi-layered contracting as demanded by workers. Its provision on penalties and fines on employers and agencies engaged in illegal labor-only contracting is weak.
Fast guide: Pro-worker senatorial bets
The labor groups such as the TUCP and the KMU, FFW and other groups that arose from differences in the labor movement are uniting on issues like fighting contractualization and voting for senatoriables who support it.
Contractualization, poor pay continue to hound health workers
The group said that while existing Philippine laws recognize their vital role in providing health services to those in need, their present situation is quite the opposite.
Keychains and tumblers for a cause
To sustain their fight for regularization and other union rights, Sumifru workers make handmade keychains and tumblers.
From Comval to Manila: Workers face threats amid strike for regularization
Unionists have defended their protest camp from at least four instances of forced demolition while in Manila.
Hail to the (Endo) King!
Sy may indeed be a hardworking man. But so are his conglomerate’s employees. With Sy’s determined use of neoliberal policies such as contractualization, the fruits of tens of thousands of his employees’ hard work go largely to his companies’ profits. Here lies the unheralded side of his Forbes-topping net worth, the secret to his centavo to billion peso taipan tale and why labor groups are raising their placards to hail the Endo King.