“Dee is sticking with their lie that increasing wages would result in job losses while denying the fact that a significant wage hike, through the National Minimum Wage of P750, would only be a 30 percent decrease in their profits as per independent think-tank IBON Foundation’s research. This still leaves them with 70 percent of clean profits to pocket.”
Tags: Contractualization
NHA contractual employees want job security, benefits
More than half a million government employees are non-regulars who are classified under different names, suc as emergency-hired, memorandum-of-agreement (MOA) workers, job-order employees.
Manila Cordage workers defend picket from guards’ assault
Their only demands are regularization on the job, immediate economic relief through a wage increase, and some benefits.
MRT3 contractuals to appeal for their jobs, question their ENDO
The longtime MRT3 contractual ticket sellers were replaced by new, lower-paid contractual workers, with lower salary grade levels.
‘Disturbing’ | Group alarmed by termination of 40 nurses in Bulacan
“The FNU has been getting reports of LGU nurses experiencing harassment, intimidation and other forms of unfair, even inhuman practices, directly or indirectly related to political dynamics in their place of assignment.”
KMU to Duterte: Match anti-contractualization tough talk with tough action
“The administration must have clear and concrete policies that would ban all contractual
employment schemes and force capitalists to respect workers’ rights to regular jobs.”
Longtime contractual MRT3 employees get ‘Endo’ during Duterte’s first SONA
Before being given their end of contract (Endo) last June, the 50 ticket sellers who were dismissed and the 70 who were renewed but on shorter period were regularly being signed up for six-month work contracts by the MRT Corporation.
Contractual, ‘pakyawan’ workers in Mindanao plantations urge DOLE to act on labor rights violations
Insecure job tenure perpetuates poverty and exploitation.
Labor inspection finds SIDC the true employer of feedmill workers on strike
“DCMM agency does not exercise control over the performance of the work of the said employees. Neither does it own the products and the equipment used in production.”
Porters lead strike for regular jobs in largest agri-based coop in PH
Many of the company’s longshoremen have worked for SIDC for 31 years but remained as non-regular workers.
Workers welcome new labor officials, ask penalties for erring employers
“President Duterte’s order is clear, and we are going to implement that [ending contractualization] with Usec Joel Maglunsod.”- Labor Sec. Sylvester Bello III