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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
Fishing for bigger profits: Norwegian firm accused of deceiving workers
Fishing for bigger profits: Norwegian firm accused of deceiving workers
By MARYA SALAMAT
“What is happening in Mustad is a textbook case of illegal closure...of capitalists drastically undertaking illegal and anti-worker measures because they are confident the Aquino government won’t lift a finger to harm them,” said Leandro “Ka Doods” Gerodias, KMU deputy secretary-general and president of the Alliance of Democratic Labor Organizations (ADLO).
News in Pictures: Workers remember Ka Bel and his struggle for legislated substantial wage hike
News in Pictures: Workers remember Ka Bel and his struggle for legislated substantial wage hike
The labor center KMU which Ka Bel led for years said their group's vow to advance the people’s struggle for their basic rights and for a significant wage hike is, in their belief, the highest tribute they can give Ka Bel. (Text by MARYA SALAMAT ; Photos by RANDY EVANGELISTA / Bulatlat.com)
Bank employees also suffer from meager wages despite industry’s profitability
Bank employees also suffer from meager wages despite industry’s profitability
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We, bank employees, are victims of meager wages despite the fact that the banking industry is one of the most profitable in the country," Raymund Acenia, president of the Hongkong Bank Independent Labor Union
Working people remember Ka Bel and his struggle for a P125 legislated wage hike
Working people remember Ka Bel and his struggle for a P125 legislated wage hike
By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the growing number of lawmakers supporting the legislation of a substantial wage hike, workers remembering Ka Bel today are hoping that finally, the bill which he first authored and filed may be enacted at last.
To end road mishaps, fix the transport workers’ labor conditions
To end road mishaps, fix the transport workers’ labor conditions
By MARYA SALAMAT
On top of changing the pay system of drivers and conductors, HB 3370 wants to fix the working hours of drivers and conductors to eight hours inclusive of a one-hour rest period and ensure a two-shift system so that workers do not compromise passenger safety by exceeding working hours.
Union of Government employees raise issue of discontinuance of housing loans with new GSIS leadership
Union of Government employees raise issue of discontinuance of housing loans with new GSIS leadership
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The GSIS and the rest of the government’s agencies concerned with providing socialized housing should look at this issue not in terms of profitability and return on investments, but as a service to the Filipino people.” – Gaite
Back story: Deadly Commonwealth accidents highlight exploitation of bus drivers
Back story: Deadly Commonwealth accidents highlight exploitation of bus drivers
The death on Friday of Lourdes E. Simbulan, a UP journalism professor and one of the country's outstanding journalists, has brought to the fore yet again the issue of road safety, specifically road accidents on major highways caused mostly by bus drivers. While there is no doubt that these reckless drivers should be held criminally liable for their actions, there is also the matter of their working conditions that, for all practical purposes, ensure that accidents like the one that killed Simbulan would occur.
Video: Under Aquino, conditions of workers worsen
Video: Under Aquino, conditions of workers worsen
Workers' conditions worsen under Aquino
News in Pictures: Government employees defend their jobs, oppose privatization
News in Pictures: Government employees defend their jobs, oppose privatization
MANILA -- Employees of the National Housing Authority (NHA) are against plans of the Benigno Aquino government to privatize housing services and to create a Department of Housing and Urban Development. NHA employees and urban poor organizations under the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) have been fighting against moves to privatize public housing and legislative proposals on the same since the year 2000 and since the 9th Congress. (Text by Ina Alleco R. Silverio; Photos courtesy of Consolidated Union of Employees (CUE-NHA) / bulatlat.com)
Noynoy’s paltry P22 allowance insults and deceives, groups say
Noynoy’s paltry P22 allowance insults and deceives, groups say
By MARYA SALAMAT
The granted P22 emergency COLA won’t give workers and their families “real immediate relief amid the rising prices of basic goods and services, especially petroleum products.”
Labor group slams Aquino for siding with employers, rejecting legislated wage hike
Labor group slams Aquino for siding with employers, rejecting legislated wage hike
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the ECOP national conference, Aquino said his government has “no intention of asking Congress to legislate an across-the-board increase in wages.”
The long road to justice for union leader Ka Fort continues
The long road to justice for union leader Ka Fort continues
A six-year span of time could make a child out of an infant after he or she is able to crawl, stand, walk, run, read, write and even tie shoe laces. However, the nearly six-year-old campaign for justice for the killing of Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna has long been taking baby steps when a flawed report almost pushed the campaign back to square one.
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