Labor

Justice Eludes Retrenched EPZA Workers

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:03:22 -0400

Justice is still elusive for the 10 retrenched workers from the Baguio Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA), who were dismissed in March last year.

BY CYE REYES
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
LABOR WATCH
Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008

Employers Can Grant Much-Needed Wage Hike

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:45:35 -0400

A wage hike is urgent amid soaring rice and food prices, rising transport costs, and power and rate hikes, and businesses are fully able to grant the wage hike demanded by workers, according to independent research group IBON.

BY IBON FOUNDATION
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008

Roadblocks Fail to Stop Protesting Davao Workers

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:39:42 -0400

On their way to Davao city, workers from the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte braved road inspections, ’surprise checkpoints’ before they were able to join the Labor Day rally to express their demands for the P125 across-the-board wage increase, for government to bring down prices of basic commodities, including rice.

BY GRACE S. UDDIN

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Negros Labor Official Urges ‘Emergency Relief’ for Workers

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:12:22 -0400

The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board VI labor representative Winnie Sancho last week urged employers and the local government units to give emergency relief to workers to stave off the debilitating effects of high prices of rice and other basic commodities.

BY KARL G. OMBION
LABOR WATCH
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008

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One Street with Different Stories of Unionism and Struggle

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:09:59 -0400

‘Not without a fight’ seems to be the motto of many militant unions against efforts to bust their unions; they basically always put up a fight for wages, jobs and rights.

BY MARYA SALAMAT
LABOR WATCH
Contributed to Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008

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Vancouver Labour Council brings resolution to National Labour Convention

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:00:57 -0400

In Canada, Momentum Building Against Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines

The Philippines is the second most dangerous country for trade unionists. In recognition of this, the labour movement in Canada is responding to the Filipinos’ call for support and solidarity.

BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
LABOR WATCH

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Bittersweet Taste of Worker Life in PepsiCo

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:59:24 -0400

For the past nine years, Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc. has been closing down its warehouses, in the process, removing workers from their jobs. The company claims it is a “money-saving” scheme. But an interview with the union president shows that the company has in fact been expanding.

BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA
Contributed to Bulatlat
LABOR WATCH

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‘Strong’ Peso and Weakening Dollar Hurting Workers

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:04:44 -0500

Prior to the specter of a U.S. recession, the Arroyo government had been making much of the historically unprecedented but unsustainable appreciation of the peso.

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Lepanto Delays Mineworkers’ Pay

admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:27:53 -0400

The National Federation of Labor Unions-Kilusang Mayo Uno (NAFLU-KMU) criticized the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) for delaying the release of mineworkers' wages.

BY ALDWIN QUITASOL
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 38, October 28-November 3, 2007

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Fired Workers Press Fight vs Dole, Slam Military

admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:26:58 -0400

The workers and their families held a silent picket in front of the Panabo City Council to solicit support. They were retrenched after DITFI-Dole Stanfilco arbitrarily announced “closure” on Oct. 8. But no help came from any of the councilors, prompting the workers to go back to the picket line at the entrance of the container yard. There, soldiers confronted them.

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