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…
Presented during Public Hearing of Committee on Labor and Employment Strawberry Valley Hotel, La Trinidad, Benguet January 18, 2013 Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) The workers’ demand for a substantial wage…
We note that you have posted a draft of the so-called “Manila Declaration of the 5th WSFM” in the event’s official website, a document that was first presented in the final hours of November 29’s plenary…
