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Category: Labor & Employment
Cha-Cha Means More Wage Cuts and Lay-offs, Says KMU
BY CJ KUIZON LABOR WATCH Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY – The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) in Southern Mindanao is wary of the proposal to amend the Constitution to open up the country’s resources to foreign companies, saying such proposal will only result to unfair working conditions for workers. Arman Blasé, KMU-Southern Mindanao…
Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Claim Millions of Lives, Dollars Yearly
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Office (ILO) warned the governments of the world over the cost of occupational-related diseases and injuries. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Annually, 1.1 million people die because of unsafe and unhealthy work environments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International…
Video: Labor Day 2009 — Filipino Workers Demand Better Wages, End to Contractualization
Filipino Workers Demand Better Wages
Slideshow: A Thousand Torches for the Working Class
A Thousand Torches for the Working Class
Workers Mark Labor Day with Calls for Jobs, Wage Hikes
Members of workers’ groups and other cause-oriented organizations came in their thousands, from all over Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, to mark Labor Day by denouncing the US for causing the country’s current economic troubles and demanding for job security and temporary relief. They also reiterated their demand for a legislated wage hike, which was first put forward in 1999.
Video: They Sing Workers’ Pleas
Kotse: They Sing Workers’ Pleas
Jobapalooza ’09: Do Job Fairs Really Work?
Highly touted as the biggest job fair to hit the country, Jobapalooza 09, which aimed to provide 250,000 career opportunities to jobseekers, was held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, in celebration of Labor Day. DoLE and OWWA officials happily announced in newspapers that a total of 4,292 local…
Partylist Groups Push for Job Security, Wage Hike, Say Job Fairs Are Band Aid Solutions
Officials of Bayan Muna and Anakpawis in the Visayas belittled the effect of Jobapalooza in Cebu, citing that only 81 applicants landed a job. Calling job fairs as a band-aid solution, they said the Labor Department should, instead, scrutinize the books of companies that are retrenching its workers. They also continue to push for a…
Sued for Defending Themselves, These Women Workers Seek Justice
That they are women did not protect them from the violence of the police. And now, because they defended themselves, Monina Eugenio, Adelaida Bago, Gemma Garabato, Bessie Hernandez, and Normilita Galon are among 33 workers and unionists at the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) who face criminal charges. BY JOSETTE EMILY Z. DE JESUS, GLAIZA…
Job Fairs: Diary of a Job-seeker
Job fairs could somehow arouse the excitement of jobseekers but the bitter reality is that the jobs available are not what some expect to have – or the jobs demand more than what others can do. BY THEA AYLA P. BANAG AND JUAN ANGELO HONGO Bulatlat Diary entry for April 18, 2009, 10:00 pm Today’s…