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…
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….
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…
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…
A labor nongovernment organization (NGO) condemned on Thursday the recent statements made by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on the workers’ legitimate demand for a Social Security System (SSS) pension hike, asserting that the SSS has…
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…
The upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will only set the stage for greater corporate plunder and increased labor exploitation across the region, according to a Quezon City-based labor NGO. Ecumenical Institute for Labor…
Para sagarin ang pagtutulak ng neoliberal na globalisasyon sa mga bansa sa Asya-Pasipiko, idaraos ang Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting sa darating na ika-18 at 19 ng Nobyembre sa Maynila. Lalahukan ang…
40th day of Kentex tragedy The labor department’s order to Kentex Manufacturing Inc.’s subcontractor to pay unpaid benefits to workers worth P8.3 million is not enough, according to labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education…
At least 50 former child laborers in plantations and mines in Mindanao, gathered together to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labor. Most of the children were child laborers in sugar, oil palm and banana…
