The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) endorses the letter from International Centre for Trade Union Rights expressing “concerns about violent attacks against human rights and political activists, and an apparent overall…
Global civil society network People Over Profit (POP) condemns the arbitrary last minute decision of the Argentinian government to bar a number of civil society and peoples’ organizations from next week’s 11th World Trade Organization ministerial…
End iSlavery Now! HONG KONG—Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) reveals Apple’s continuous abuse of labor rights across its supply chain. Among the major violations the report highlighted are suppression of trade union rights,…
The compressed workweek scheme is a flexible work arrangement wherein the normal workweek is reduced to less than six (6) days with 48 hours still being the normal total work hours per week. This means…
Quezon City — Various civil society groups and movements in the Philippines came together for a public forum to voice out their opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega free trade agreement…
MAKATI—A few days prior to the 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ministerial meeting to be held in Manila this week, various civil society groups and social movements voiced out in a dialog with the Philippine…
The passage of House Bill 6152 (Compressed Workweek Bill) at the House of Representatives is a direct attack on wage and labor standards already set forth in the Labor Code, according to a labor non-governmental…
A labor nongovernment organization expresses solidarity with group KADAMAY and the #OccupyPabahay movement on Wednesday, stating that the movement calls forth the negligence of the government to provide decent housing and efficient social services to…
A labor non-government organization (NGO) demands the Duterte administration to hold House Technology Industries (HTI) management accountable for violations of labor rights after a huge fire destroyed the factory complex on February 1, 2017. As…
The upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will only set the stage for greater corporate plunder and increased labor exploitation across the region, according to a Quezon City-based labor NGO. Ecumenical Institute for Labor…