A non-governmental labor organization slams the Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, Inc. (CCFPI) for committing gross labor rights violations. CCFPI is part of the multinational beverage company Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottlers of Coca-Cola products in…
Sa pandaigdigang pagdiriwang ng ika-200 kaarawan ng dakilang edukador, dalubhasa sa kasaysayan at pilosopiya, at isa ring detinadong pulitikal, Karl Marx (May 5, 1818), ay pinagpupugayan natin ang mga manggagawa. Si Marx ang sumulat ng…
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…
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…
DAVAO CITY—The BPO Industry Employees Network calls justice for 37 BPO workers who died in the tragic NCCC mall fire. The tragedy happened on the morning of December 23. Most of the victims are employees of…
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…
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…
