“Middleby, a US-owned corporation, should be ashamed to call itself a world leader if it could not even respect the rights of its workers here and abroad.”
Tags: Contractualization
Jollibee refuses to regularize workers, lays off 400
“I never expected it to happen to me, I told myself, since I received many awards honoring my loyalty and service.”
Women workers on the picket frontline: Why workers of NutriAsia go on strike
To them, it is no longer just about wages –- it is a bigger fight they need to win to regain their dignity as workers after their rights have been trampled upon for so long.
Police makes a move to disperse NutriAsia workers’ picket
In a bid to defend their picket line, the workers sat and huddled together on the flooded ground in front of the factory inside an industrial park.
NutriAsia workers face police harassment, illegal dismissal amid fight for regularization
Of the total 1,400 workers in NutriAsia only around 100 are regular workers.
‘Endo’ kings not in DOLE list are Duterte’s friends
What could possibly explain the exclusion of these giant conglomerates – two of the biggest not only in the Philippines but also in the Asian region? By ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recently released a list of 20 firms that it said are engaged or suspected to…
Contractual workers in government may lose jobs in 2019
“Even now that we are contractuals we suffer hardships because our salaries are meager. What more if we lose our jobs.”
Substantial wage hike, a question of survival for workers
“There is no way we could scrimp so there’ll be enough for our needs.”
Contractuals making fastfood equipment hold strike in Laguna ecozone
They work 12 hours every day, with regular four-hour overtime that often turns into an overnight overtime.
Nat’l Health Workers Day | Health workers demand salary increase, end to contractualization
“The patients are increasing but the manpower is not. With this kind of set up, health workers, who are mostly overworked, are vulnerable to mistakes.”
#MayoUno2018 | Workers in a show of force, unity vs. contractualization, anti-labor policies
“There are more than 20 million contractual workers in the country. Until we see massive regularization, expect more workers to flood the streets in protest.”