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…
The Philippines is home to millions of Mary Janes. This was how labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) described the magnitude of forced migration in the country, referring to the…
Suma ng kalagayan ng mga manggagawang Pilipino sa ilalim ng apat na taon ni Noynoy Aquino Hulyo 2014 Sa kanyang talumpati sa World Economic Forum (WEF), pagpupulong ng mga malalaking negosyante at burukrata ng iba’t…
Embed from Getty Images US President Barack Obama’s visit to the Philippines will be a final push for further trade and investment liberalization which will gravely affect Filipino workers and even small enterprises, a labor…
The 1989 Labor Code amendments, also known as Herrera Law, has made Filipino workers more vulnerable to exploitation and suppression for 25 years according to a labor research group. Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and…
A labor research group warned on Wednesday that the online libel in the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 will be abused by companies to silence workers who are pushing for union rights and for better…
The country’s unemployment rate has remained unchanged at 7 percent on the average since President Aquino assumed office in 2010, labor center think tank Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) said today as…
