The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) strongly condemns the series of red-tagging incidents that occurred in Quezon City. Show your solidarity by endorsing our statement. Click here. EILER has recorded three incidents…
The discussion organized by the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights, and Church People – Workers Solidarity focused on the state of labor rights under the administration of Marcos…
The Trade Union Talk (TUTok) was held on July 12, 2024, titled “Pagbangon ng Uring Manggagawa Sa Harap ng Pandaigdigang Neoliberal na Krisis” (Workers Rise against Neoliberalization). The School of Labor and Industrial Relations (UP…
Same as his predecessors, President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm track record leaves behind anti-worker policies, poor employment, and stagnant real wages, despite increasing labor productivity and buzz over high economic growth rates, according to a labor…
Nonprofit organization Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) calls the attention of Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono as President Rodrigo Duterte received him in Davao City for a three-day official visit. Minister…
Whereas, South-South Cooperation, having arisen from the Global South’s search for alternatives to the paternalistic and unequal traditional North-South development aid and cooperation framework, poses opportunities and has raised high hopes for people from the South; Whereas,…
The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) is deeply concerned with the recent tirades of Brigadier General Antonio Parlade Jr., deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against…
Human rights group Karapatan strongly denounces the killing of Fr. Mark Ventura at a gymnasium in Brgy. Pena Weste, Gattaran, Cagayan. The 37-year-old priest had just finished celebrating mass when armed assailants arrived and shot…
The recent NCCC mall fire that took the lives of 38 workers should be the final tragedy in the workplace and lawmakers must take a closer look at the Special Economic Zone Act of 1994…
On December 13, 2017, the supermajority in the 17th Congress and the Senate approved President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law in Mindanao for another year. The decision is far from the promised promotion of…
