Same as his predecessors, President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm track record leaves behind anti-worker policies, poor employment, and stagnant real wages, despite increasing labor productivity and buzz over high economic growth rates, according to a labor…
As the new SSS law takes effect on March 5, nonprofit labor organization Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) says that new combined monthly members contributions rate will increase by 62.91% in…
Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) strongly condemns the red-tagging and illegal arrests by the 71st Infantry Battalion of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Compostela Valley, Davao Region in Mindanao. Latest…
Nonprofit organization Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) calls the attention of Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono as President Rodrigo Duterte received him in Davao City for a three-day official visit. Minister…
The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) is deeply concerned with the recent tirades of Brigadier General Antonio Parlade Jr., deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against…
Union busting, harassment, and illegal dismissals continue in Alorica. Amid intensified attacks on job security and union busting measures employed by Alorica and West Contact Services, Inc. management, the Unified Employees of Alorica (UEA) filed…
The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization, hailed the passage of Republic Act 11058 or the Philippine Occupational Safety and Health Law. The Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational…
Press statement of MIGRANTE International As President Duterte gears for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and commences his third year in office, the Philippines is certainly in the midst of perilous times. Overseas…
DAVAO CITY—The BPO Industry Employees Network calls justice for 37 BPO workers who died in the tragic NCCC mall fire. The tragedy happened on the morning of December 23. Most of the victims are employees of…
On December 13, 2017, the supermajority in the 17th Congress and the Senate approved President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law in Mindanao for another year. The decision is far from the promised promotion of…
