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By MARYA SALAMAT
By denying public health workers their legally-mandated benefits, the Aquino government has practically reduced their monthly take-home pay.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We expected the Philippines, as chair of the Committee on Domestic Workers that deliberated on the text of the convention with recommendations, to be the first or one of the first to ratify the convention but so far, it seems that it is not in the list of President Aquino’s priorities.” – Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union
Workers, women hit contractualization in labor (Photo by Jhun Dantes)
By MARYA SALAMAT
More than 60-percent of Filipino workers today suffer job insecurity and persistent case of “endo,” short for end of contract, every three to five months.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Despite the difficulties posed to unions and workers’ organizations by the intensifying repression and contractualization, the total number of labor disputes recorded and “handled” by the labor department itself has continued to increase in 2011.
By MARYA SALAMAT
"Small-scale mining is not the only cause, and is not even the biggest cause, of the destruction of Pantukan's erstwhile forest lands… large-scale commercial logging operations since the 50s and large-scale mining operations of the past 30 years have massively denuded the mountains of Compostela Valley."
Workers call on people to emulate Andres Bonifacio
(Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea)
By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the worsening hunger and poverty in the Philippines and the already soaring prices of commodities, the 'triple threats' of new price hikes may well turn out to be the “straw that would break the camel’s back.” - Lana Linaban, Gabriela
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Health problems, labor rights abuses, and attacks of pirates continue to endanger the lives of seafarers.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Our present salary grading is not at par with the prevailing salary schedules for the equivalent positions compared to other workers in government. The disparity ranges from three to five grades." Comelec Wage Fight Alliance
Lung Center employees demand their rightful benefits Halloween trick-or-treat style
(Click to view larger image. Photos by Lovely Tangal )
By MARYA SALAMAT
Contractual women workers do not receive maternity benefits; they receive lower wages and suffer heavy workloads; they have no job security nor union rights. – KMU
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Anakpawis Party Rep. Rafael Mariano said the SC's reversal of its ruling on the FASAP case completes the "triple whammy of attack'" against PAL pilots, cabin crew and airport workers by various courts, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Malacañang.
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