A labor non-government organization welcomes and supports the decision of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez to issue closure and suspension orders to large scale mines after failing a nationwide audit….
Labor advocates are urging presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte to scrap the labor department’s policy on contractualization and voluntary labor law compliance of companies on the anniversary of the Kentex factory fire in Valuenzuela City which…
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…
A labor nongovernment organization (NGO) condemned on Thursday the recent statements made by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on the workers’ legitimate demand for a Social Security System (SSS) pension hike, asserting that the SSS has…
The Duterte administration had five months to end labor contractualization or the “endo scheme” but rampant hiring of temporary workers by companies via manpower agencies continues, according to a labor nongovernment organization. The Ecumenical Institute…
A labor non-government organization is saddened by the decision of the Supreme Court on November 8, allowing the hero’s burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in Libingan ng mga Bayani. The Ecumenical Institute for…
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…
Para sagarin ang pagtutulak ng neoliberal na globalisasyon sa mga bansa sa Asya-Pasipiko, idaraos ang Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting sa darating na ika-18 at 19 ng Nobyembre sa Maynila. Lalahukan ang…
NEWS RELEASE 24 Sept. 2015 A labor nongovernment organization (NGO) condemned the violent dispersal last Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 22) of the contractual workers’ strike at Tanduay Distillers Inc. in Cabuyao, Laguna with police forces firing…
The rampage in Surigao del Sur by paramilitary forces on Sept. 1 that killed three people raises serious security concerns on children and staff of other alternative learning centers in Mindanao. Anna Leah Escresa-Colina, Executive…
