Labor Bulletin Q3 2022
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Philippines
Palace’s statement on endo: disappointing and not surprising
A labor NGO expresses dismay over the statement made by the new appointee of President Duterte that putting an end to ‘endo’ or contractualization is no longer a priority of the administration in its last…
PH listing as one of the worst countries for workers is Duterte’s Legacy
Citing the ITUC Global Rights Index 2021, a labor NGO laments that the country’s labor rights situation worsened under the Duterte administration. The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research emphasized that the Philippines has…
Fight for the rights of Children! End poverty, end child labor now!
EILER’s statement on the World Day Against Child Labor EILER enjoins the world in calling an end to child labor, as the United Nations declared 2021 as “the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor.”…
Rising unemployment shows Duterte administration’s failed economic policies
The increase in unemployment rate in the recent Labor Force Survey (LFS) shows the Duterte administration’s neoliberal agenda and failed economic policies further worsened the labor situation amid the pandemic, according to a labor NGO. …
Decision to take back hazard pay of contractual airport workers, unjust
A Labor NGO expresses dismay over the state auditor’s order to recover the hazard pay amounting to P54.36 million given to contractual workers of the Manila International Airport Authority last year. As per the memo…
The Philippines lags behind achieving decent work
The country falls further behind on the Decent Work Agenda, according to Labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER). Citing ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 and Global Witness Report, EILER noted that…
Onerous fees on basic social services, taxing Filipinos lives faster than COVID-19
Numerous posts surfaced about the 180-pesos beep cards for buses, following the fee for online cash transfers for GCash, Instapay, and others, online selling, etc. Philippines came to the point where all things require money…
Duterte administration puts workers’ lives in peril even before the EU revoke threat
It has been proved that when oppressors appear in dispute, whether for the sake of economic interests or propaganda, citizens, especially workers, suffer. Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) calls on the government…
CPDG says PH government should address shortfalls of anti-poverty framework
Reforms are needed in the country’s anti-poverty policies to address violations to the people’s right to development, a multi-stakeholder network asserted in a policy forum held Friday, 23 August 2019. The Council for People’s Development…
