BIEN calls justice for 37 SSI employees
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…
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Martial law extension is attack on trade union and human rights
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…
Tell Apple to end labor rights violations, now!
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,…
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…
Philippine people’s movement reject RCEP
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…
Take the Philippines out of RCEP – civil society groups
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…
RCEP Forum and Day of Action
A forum and day of action about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and its impact on people’s rights will be held on September 6, 2017 (Wednesday), 1-5 PM at the College of Education Auditorium in…
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…
Compressed workweek scheme is attack on wage and labor standards
The passage of House Bill 6152 (Compressed Workweek Bill) at the House of Representatives is a direct attack on wage and labor standards already set forth in the Labor Code, according to a labor non-governmental…
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…