News in Pictures: Los Angeles janitors fight For their jobs
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DAVID BACON
News in Pictures: Los Angeles janitors fight For their jobs
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MMDA Streetsweepers fight for benefits, higher wages
MMDA Streetsweepers fight for benefits, higher wages
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We are like slaves! We are not being treated with respect and by ignoring our demands for a CNA the MMDA administration is stripping us of our dignity." MMDA streetsweepers
Worsening conditions for the Filipino worker
Worsening conditions for the Filipino worker
By MARYA SALAMAT
Majority of those employed today in the Philippines are in vulnerable or part-time work, hampering many workers’ desire to demand for a living wage. Even those in full-time work are reportedly under pressure to comply with various flexible work arrangements.
Oil price hikes continue to erode income of drivers
Oil price hikes continue to erode income of drivers
By MARYA SALAMAT
Comparing the local oil prices to that in other countries in the past years, Piston said the local pump prices have risen far more than the amount necessitated by price movements abroad and the peso-dollar exchange rate. The transport group continues to accuse the oil companies of overpricing oil products by “an average at least of P7.50 ($0.17) per liter.”
Pacquiao bats for P125 wage hike for workers
Pacquiao bats for P125 wage hike for workers
By MARYA SALAMAT
“I was once a laborer, too. I have worked at various jobs just to be able to feed my family. I know how it is to work hard and to subsist on meager wages.” – Rep. Manny Pacquiao
ECOP’s ‘tripartism’ call denounced as dangerous, deceptive
ECOP’s ‘tripartism’ call denounced as dangerous, deceptive
By MARYA SALAMAT
Tony Pascual of NAFLU-KMU warned all labor groups in the country to beware of the employers’ renewed calls for tripartism, a “loaded dice that seeks to favour the capitalists in every roll”.
Sidebar: Dolefil hikes profits by repressing progressive union, said a labor federation
Workers urge Aquino to address corruption in PhilPost, provident fund
Workers urge Aquino to address corruption in PhilPost, provident fund
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
In an interview with Bulatlat.com, Rodolfo Bejar from the PhilPost's Domestic Operations and Services Department said that the last decade has seen the PhilPost as being a "virtual bastion of corruption," and that despite the efforts of the employees to bring the various corruption issues to the attention of the national government, nothing has happened.
Nestlé marks ‘centenary of exploiting, terrorizing labor’ – workers
Nestlé marks ‘centenary of exploiting, terrorizing labor’ – workers
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The media blitz being done by Nestlé could no more hide its continued violation of the Supreme Court decisions and other laws in the Philippines so it could continue to deny justice to its workers who are now into their ninth year of strike.” – KMU
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