By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Progressive groups welcomed the resignation of Merceditas Gutierrez as ombudsman, calling it the outcome of vigilance and the determination to hold officials accountable.
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By JONELLE MARIN
"By joining federations outside of the company, we learn from workers of other companies and we are able to understand these problems."
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We will never again allow the travesty of Philippine sovereignty. The Filipino people and Philippine Senate booted out the US bases in 1991 as one of the last vestiges of our colonial relations with America,” said Satur Ocampo, president of Makabayan coalition.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
For the year 2009 - 2010, the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) recorded at least 511 deaths and 791 injured in work-related incidents in the Philippines. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), a worker dies every 15 seconds because of work-related injuries and accidents.
The struggles of a minimum wage earner
By JONELLE MARIN and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com CORAZON DE JESUS, San Juan City -- Noah Andaliza, 22, was forced to leave Barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City when he was still 7 years old. Poverty pushed his parents to send him to live with...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Although most came from firms belonging to the top 500 corporations, with some being subsidiaries of top global corporations, the unionists complained also of low wages and threats to their job security.
By JANESS ANN J.ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Overseas Filipino Workers from Madagascar did not expect that their struggle to get what is due to them is by far harder back home. "I was relieved when I was finally repatriated. I know that OFWs have contributed...
By Ace Alegre Bulatlat.com TABUK CITY, Kalinga (April 4, 2011) – The curiosity of this scientist who never stops “wandering” for answers is now making wonders. For endlessly answering whys, Kalinga native Corazon Kub-ao Ryan, 52, a Gawad Saka national awardee in...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The May 1 Labor Day rally this year is turning out to be a hot one, and it is not only because of the very hot days, which began this Holy Week. Barely a year in office, the administration of President Benigno Aquino III is already being...
PRESS RELEASE Davao City --- Officers and members of the Kahugpungan sa mga Trabahante sa Superstar (KTS) Union appealed today to Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to take actions on the serious violations of the Superstar Coconut Products...
Posted By Bulatlat.com PANABO City, Davao del Norte -- Bien Sumuroy, spokesman of Amoran Saripada Command of the New People's Army in Southern Mindanao, said the "the criminal Panabo City police" arrested and severely mauled Toto Ancahas and Gerald Robles last...
By SIMON "Ka Filiw" NAOGSAN Spokesperson Cordillera Peoples' Democratic Front ALCUB, Abra -- With clenched fists raised, the Cordillera People's Democratic Front salutes the participants of the 27th Cordillera Day being held in Lacub, Abra. We especially hold in...
PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for covering up the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) responsibility for the abduction and torture in 2009 of Fil-Am activist Melissa Roxas...
“Harry, listen to the innermost voice of your heart and correct the wrong done to this mother. Tell me where I can find my son.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, the Philippine chapter of the International League of Peoples' Struggles (ILPS) led a program in Quezon City to remind the public of the devastation that can be...
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