Members of Migrante International hold a picket in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday to demand protection for Filipino OFWs, many of them being abused by the employers. (Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao / bulatlat.com)
Category: Labor & Employment
Hanjin Gets Away With Murder While Arroyo Regime Turns Its Back on Workers
What has the Department of Labor and Employment done about the health and safety violations that have resulted in more than 40 deaths and over 5,000 injuries in the three and a bit years Hanjin has been operating at Subic? What has happened to the Senate probe, which kicked off promisingly in early February amid a flurry of publicity about the then recent deaths at Hanjin?
Strike Cripples Public Transport in Several Areas Across the Philippines
“Our transport strike is a success.” Thus said the Task Force July 13, a transport group coalition, at the conclusion of the day-long strike it led in selected Metro Manila routes and regions outside the capital on Monday. Through the strike, they said, they were able to register their protest against the overpricing of petroleum products by the oil companies, particularly the so-called Big Three, and their connivance with the Arroyo regime. View the slideshow
Slideshow: Strike a Success, Say Transport Groups
Transport Strike a Success, Say Groups
News in Pictures: Jeepney Drivers Slam Oil Firms in Transport Strike
Jeepney drivers in Litex, Quezon City, brave the rain to denounce the alleged manipulation of oil prices by oil companies. (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com) Related stories: Massive Transport Strike Set on Monday; Groups Denounce Oil Firms’ ‘Greed’ For Jeepney Drivers and Truckers in the Philippines, a Long, Hard Slog Shooting of Transport…
Shooting of Transport Leader in Bicol Denounced
MANILA (Updated) — As progressive transport groups in the Philippines prepared for a nationwide strike to protest the alleged price manipulation of oil prices by oil companies, a leader of one such group was shot early today in Albay province. Joel Ascutia, president of Condor-Piston-Bikol, an organization of jeepney drivers and operators, was shot at…
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.
Transport Leader in Bicol Injured in Shooting
MANILA — As progressive transport groups prepare for what is expected to be a massive strike today, a leader of such a group was shot early today, Monday, in Bicol. Joel Ascutia, president of Condor-Piston-Bikol, an organization of jeepney drivers and operators, was shot at 4:30 a.m. today, July 13, in Legazpi City. Colleagues said…
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
A Call for Help from OFWs in Sabah
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.