Workers hold a picket on Wednesday to call attention to the growing number of those who lost their jobs and livelihood due to the global financial crisis. The workers, who marched to the labor department in Intramuros and later to Mendiola, are members of a movement called “Defend Job Philippines,” an alliance that promises to…
Day: August 27, 2009
As Wyeth-Pfizer Merger Looms, Workers in Philippines Fret Over Their Jobs
By MARYA SALAMAT
Hundreds of workers at Wyeth, the pharmaceutical giant, have been holding protest pickets to seek guarantees for their jobs and the survival of their 50-year-old union as the company sets to merge with Pfizer.
Court Affirms Melissa Roxas’s Abduction, Torture Claim But Clears Arroyo, Military
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Court of Appeals has granted the Filipino-American activist’s amparo and habeas data petitions, saying that Melissa Roxas’s story was credible. But it also pointed out that Roxas failed to show that the military was behind her abduction and torture, hence President Arroyo and elements of the armed forces cannot be made respondents in the case.