Compressed workweek attacks workers’ wages
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…
contractualization
TU Tok, matagumpay na nailunsad
Sa pana-panahong paglulunsad ng TU Tok, nilalayon nitong magbahagi ng impormasyon at karanasan sa hanay ng pakikibaka para paigtingin ang laban sa regularisasyon sa trabaho at sa kampanya sa makabuluhang dagdag-sahod at karampatang benepisyo. Espesyal…
Labor NGO decries Duterte’s failed promise to address workers’ demands
A labor nongovernment organization expresses dismay over President Rodrigo Duterte’s lack of concrete actions to effectively address legitimate demands of the workers one year after he took office. On the day of the his second…
Signing of DO 174 does not heed workers’ demands
A labor research group expresses dismay over Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III and the signing of DOLE Department Order 174, or the Rules Implementing Articles 106-109 of the Labor Code. Ecumenical Institute for Labor…
Duterte had 5 months to end ENDO but failed
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…
On Herrera Law’s 25th year: 1989 Labor Code amendments post-EDSA nightmare for workers – labor NGO
The 1989 Labor Code amendments, also known as Herrera Law, has made Filipino workers more vulnerable to exploitation and suppression for 25 years according to a labor research group. Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and…
