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By MARYA SALAMAT
“Organizing into a union is one of the rights of employees including those in the media and entertainment.” – Michael Rogas, union president of RMN
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY
Of the 40.3 million workers who are part of the labor force in the Philippines, 19 million are wage or salary earners, only 1.7 million of whom are union members.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The workers’ union had to conduct a strike before the management recognized their union and took back the workers who were summarily dismissed.
Philippine Post employees continue fight against corruption (Photo by Ina Alleco R. Silverio / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT
This Labor Day, the workers and the poor will take President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to task for failing to respond to their calls, making the hunger and poverty situation in the country even worse, and exceeding even the previous government’s puppetry to the US.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Firing a highly-rated performing employee and popular union leader only shows how companies are ruthless in using low-handed tactics to weaken unions and implement their profit schemes. No industry is spared; no character of employee is taken into consideration.” -- EILER
By MARYA SALAMAT
A week before May 1, as P125 wage hike proposal nears Congress approval, the labor secretary and regional wage boards suddenly realized there is a need indeed for a wage hike.
Revolutionary workers celebrate 43rd anniversary of NPA (Photos by Marya Salamat )
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