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…
Labor
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…
#OccupyPabahay is just and reasonable
A labor nongovernment organization expresses solidarity with group KADAMAY and the #OccupyPabahay movement on Wednesday, stating that the movement calls forth the negligence of the government to provide decent housing and efficient social services to…
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…
Economic managers at fault for staggered SSS pension hike
A labor non-government organization (NGO) expresses its dismay on President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers on the staggered pension increase for 2.2 million retired SSS members. According to the NGO, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Finance Secretary…
Stop plunder; defend workers’ rights
A labor non-government organization welcomes and supports the decision of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez to issue closure and suspension orders to large scale mines after failing a nationwide audit….
#NoToJeepneyPhaseOut
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT ON NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT STRIKE The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) is in solidarity with the striking jeepney drivers and operators led by the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper…
End impunity on violations of labor rights, justice for HTI workers
A labor non-government organization (NGO) demands the Duterte administration to hold House Technology Industries (HTI) management accountable for violations of labor rights after a huge fire destroyed the factory complex on February 1, 2017. As…
