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…
Today marks the second month of the worst factory fire in the country, leaving at least 74 dead workers who were trapped inside the factory floor. An independent fact-finding mission that was conducted by labor…
40th day of Kentex tragedy The labor department’s order to Kentex Manufacturing Inc.’s subcontractor to pay unpaid benefits to workers worth P8.3 million is not enough, according to labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education…
At least 50 former child laborers in plantations and mines in Mindanao, gathered together to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labor. Most of the children were child laborers in sugar, oil palm and banana…
The Philippines is home to millions of Mary Janes. This was how labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) described the magnitude of forced migration in the country, referring to the…
Aside from spending on hefty bonuses for its executives, the Social Security System (SSS) is also “gambling” workers’ contributions as equity investments in business ventures of the country’s tycoons, according to a labor think tank….
Despite the fanfare over the supposed economic gains in the past four years, Filipino workers remain mired in joblessness and measly wages under the Aquino administration, a labor NGO said today. Ecumenical Institute for Labor…
A labor NGO condemned on Wednesday the termination of 24 union leaders in one of the biggest electronics manufacturer in the country despite ongoing negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Ecumenical Institute for Labor…
Embed from Getty Images US President Barack Obama’s visit to the Philippines will be a final push for further trade and investment liberalization which will gravely affect Filipino workers and even small enterprises, a labor…