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. …
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
A labor research group slams the Employers Confederation of the Philippines and Philippine Chamber of Commerce Industry in their unjust opposition to any bill that prohibits contractualization. The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research…
A labor research group takes on a more critical stance as it welcomes the passage of Security of Tenure Bill on final reading, saying that the broad labor unity and massive nationwide protests have pushed…
In response to Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ statement on Wednesday (May 22), a labor research group expresses opposition to the proposed mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for Grades 11 and 12. Citing DepEd’s report,…
Workers’ poll watchdog Workers’ Electoral Watch (WE Watch) slammed the Commission on Elections over overwhelming reports of malfunctioning voter registration verification machines (VRVM) and Vote Counting Machines (VCM) in several precincts across the country. “Workers…
