The Philippines lags behind achieving decent work – EILER The country falls further behind on the Decent Work Agenda, according to Labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER). Citing ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 and Global Witness Report, EILER noted that the Philippines is considered one of the most dangerous countries for…
Drop in unemployment rate encouraging but not enough The reported drop in unemployment rate from 17.7% in April to 10% in July is natural because the economy opened. However, compared to unemployment in July 2019, the current level of unemployment remains high as a result of the economic crisis due to the pandemic and the…
Broadest labor groups unite against Duterte Regime, will march as one at #SONAgkaisa Days after Manila Police attempted to thwart their State of the Labor Address (SOLA) in front of the DOLE, leaders and representatives of UNITED WORKERS – the broadest alliance of trade unions, federations, and labor centers in the country – announced in…
Labor NGO underscores PUV phaseout will not help the real drivers of PH economy Lifting the restrictions of quarantine after disrupting the livelihood of millions takes a huge blow in the economy and will further topple down if workers from the transport sector are being pushed to their extremes, according to Labor NGO Ecumenical Institute…
Labor group urges DOLE and DTI to allow more worker involvement in safeguarding workplace from COVID-19 Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) admonished the return-to-work guidelines released last April 30 by the DOLE and DTI for not having enough teeth in ensuring the health and safety of workers eager to recover their livelihoods. DTI Secretary Ramon…
SILANG MGA KALASAG. Pagkilala.Pagkumusta.Pakikiisa sa mga frontliners sa gitna ng CoVid iDEFEND Live May 2, 2020, 4:00PM/ SEE LINKS. SILANG MGA KALASAG Kasama sina: Dr. Faith Mesa Gaerlan Emergency Room Consultant Dr katerina Abiertas Municipal Health Officer , Motiong, Samar President, Samar AMHOP Dr. Ela Romano Psychiatrist , Bicol Medical Center Dr. Nemuel Fajutagana Chairperson,…
Action Alert May 1, 2020 (Philippines) Two members of the labor organization, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) after staging a Labor Day protest action allegedly for violation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) rule against social gathering and Republic Act 11332 or the Law on Reporting of Communicable…
Discussion ng mga lider-manggagawa sa Araw ng Paggawa Kasama sina: Val Vibal Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA) Judy Ann Chan-Miranda Partido Manggagawa Atty. Luke Espiritu Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino Joshua Mata Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa Ellene Sana Center for Migrants Advocacy Primo Amparo Workers for Peoples Liberation Tagapagpadaloy: Joseph Purugganan Focus…
TAPIK (Virtual tapikan, jamming, at kumustahan sa gawaing pangkultura sa gitna ng lockdown.) Diavlog nina: Olive Nieto at Sari Saysay sa panulat ni: Layeta P. Bucoy Mga tula ni: Rhoda Viajar Mga musika at awit ng: Teatrong Bayan Sining Dilaab Galo Tepangan Alyansa Tigil Mina Youth Youth 4 Rights At nina: Joseph Puruganan ng Village…
Manggagawang kumuha ng ayudang P500, dinakip at pinagpipiyansa ng P3000 Dalawang empleyado ng isang maliit na food business ang nakadetine ngayon sa Catmon, Malabon matapos arestuhin ng mga pulis noong Lunes dahilan sa wala silang quarantine pass. Ang mga kawawang obrerong sina Edward Coyoca, 23 anyos at kapatid niyang si Earl Coyoca, 20 anyos ay…
People over profit! Resist big business attempts to lift the ECQ to secure profits at the cost of workers’ lives Last April 12, 2020, Teresita Sy-Coson, vice-chair of the largest corporate conglomerate in the Philippines, SM Investments Corp. appealed to the government to allow all industries to resume 50 percent of their operating capacity even…
PM to DOLE: Is number of affected workers downplayed to justify big gap in distribution of cash aid? Is it true that only 3.57 percent of 28 million workers employed in the formal sector were affected by the lockdown? The labor group Partido Manggawa (PM) cannot believe so. “The problem can be poor or incomplete…
Duterte admin has funds for COVID-19 response; must quickly do its job – labor NGOs The government has more funds it can use to address the continuing spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and provide immediate relief to the people, said labor NGOs Crispin B. Beltran Resource Center (CBBRC) and Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education…
The group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed the dispersal of a picket line of economic zone workers in Dasmarinas, Cavite last night. From 8:00 to 9:00 pm last night, two Dasmarinas police backed up with scores of tanods of Barangay Langkaan 1 and 2 and security guards threatened two workers in the picket line, Jackie Elorde,…
Workers of garments factory Sejung Apparel Inc. have been on picket-protest since December. In recognition of the need to maintain social distancing, the number of people at the picket line was reduced by the union. From March 27 until today, all attempts to bring food and water to Jackie Elorde and Amer Taluba, the two…
(EcoWaste Coalition, together with labor groups, backs hazard pay for garbage collectors) 7 April 2020, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health organization, has proposed to the government the provision of appropriate hazard pay for garbage collectors during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to stem the spread of the dreaded novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).…
The labor group, Partido Manggagawa (PM) is asking the Inter-Agency Task Force (AITF) to flag down the plan by Philhealth to stop its full cost coverage in the treatment of COVID-19 patients beyond April, saying that the program must be ‘need-based’ rather than tied on the lockdown calendar imposed by the President. “The massive testing…
Aside from bureaucratic gridlock and the expected uneven dispersal of government’s assistance to different types of beneficiaries, labor groups under the Nagkaisa umbrella are now pressing for a universal system in providing COVID-19 relief to locked down communities. Calling it a guaranteed income for all, Nagkaisa proposes that a targeted system be replaced by a…
Almost 2 weeks have passed since President Duterte placed Luzon under an Enhanced Community Quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19, causing work stoppage and suspension of mass transportation. Amid the current crisis, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses great concern for our health workers and frontliners who continue to face…
Labor federation Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms (SUPER) released March 28 its first list of employers who have engaged in “unjust” practices, such as “no work, no pay” schemes, layoff/retrenchment, and “endo” during the Luzon-wide lockdown arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a labor survey conducted between March 19…
