PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2011 453 workers laid off one day after Labor Day MANILA — Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned Benguet-based Lepanto Mining Company’s illegal retrenchment of 453 workers a day after Labor Day, amidst negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the workers’ union. Almost half of the rank-and-file workers were left…
Month: May 2011
P13.35 too small a wage hike, employers should fight oil price hikes – KMU
MANILA — “A P13.35 wage hike won’t give workers any genuine relief amidst the rising prices of basic goods and of services, especially oil. Now that employers are admitting that skyrocketting fuel prices are hurting them, they should join us in fighting these price hikes and stop pressing down workers’ wages.” This was the reaction…
‘Possible hike via wage boards spare change’ – Labor NGO
14th round of oil price hikes add urgency to P125 wage hike bill – labor NGO MANILA — The latest round of hikes in pump prices, which is the 14th this year, should prompt the House of Representatives to heed the labor’s clamor fo a legislated across-the-board wage increase, a labor NGO said today as…
Profits of Big Three Oil Cos. more than total income of RP’s poorest families – Ibon
By Bulatlat.com MANILA — The profits of the Big Three oil firms are rising as rapidly as the increasing oil prices, with a record of at least Php141.7 billion in profits in the last decade. This is more than the combined income of the country’s poorest 2.36 million families– amounting to Php114.3 billion in 2009,…
Celebration and resistance: Images from Cordillera Day 2011
Celebration and resistance
Rights groups, Justice Secretary push for bill to criminalize enforced disappearance
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — With the filing of charges against state security forces in relation to the enforced disappearances of University of the Philippines (UP) students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan and the update on the case of another missing activist Jonas Burgos, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and human rights groups…
Youth lawmaker pushes for protection of rights of call center agents
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Rather than pushing for self-regulation in the BPO industry, what DOLE should do is to promote the rights of BPO workers inside the workplace. Supporting the House Bill 2592 would be a good step forward.”
Government employees expose Malacañang’s ‘fake salary hike announcement
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Empty lies and pure rhetoric. According to the Confederation for Unity, Advancement and Recognition of Government Employees (COURAGE) , these are what comprise Malacañang’s post-Labor Day announcement. On May 1, Palace spokespersons said that President Benigno Aquino III has approved a salary adjustment for government workers and that it…
Farmers in Eastern Visayas bear brunt of military’s anger over setbacks
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Many Filipinos who have never been outside Luzon may very well wonder where Samar is. Many may even be stymied if confronted with queries as to where Eastern Visayas is in the Philippine map. In any case, both the region and the province are seldom featured in…
News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case
MANILA — The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) filed a manifestation at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday regarding its recent resolution absolving the military from its liability on the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her two other companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc. (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)
Workers and activists: Under the sun (photo essay)
Workers and activists: Under the sun