GMA 7 employees ask Gozon to resolve salary woes
“We believe in the quality of GMA’s content that makes it a leading brand; we are part of the efforts that make it so.”
GMA 7 employees ask Gozon to resolve salary woes
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GMA 7 talents launch work stoppage, protest vs. contractual labor
GMA 7 talents launch work stoppage, protest vs. contractual labor
Members of the Talents Association of GMA (TAG) staged the work stoppage and the June 5 protest action in response to the management’s withholding of their salaries.
GMA-7 talents urge public to light candles vs. contractual labor
GMA-7 talents urge public to light candles vs. contractual labor
“We believe that even though we are a small group, we can be a formidable force that can mobilize every contractual worker in the country to stand up for labor justice.”
Blatant Censorship: House of Representatives blacklists media officers, campus journalists and activists
Blatant Censorship: House of Representatives blacklists media officers, campus journalists and activists
Altermidya expresses grave concern over the House of Representatives’ (HOR) blacklisting of at least 50 individuals including sectoral leaders and activists, a journalism professor, campus journalists, and media liaison officers of national student organizations, among others.
GMA-7 talents sustain fight for labor rights
GMA-7 talents sustain fight for labor rights
Bowe Cabaluna, TAG president, sums up their one-year old struggle as “masayang mahirap” (happy but difficult).
Save as PDFPooled editorial | Organize, organize!
Pooled editorial | Organize, organize!
Not only the lives and livelihood of journalists and media workers are at stake here but also press freedom. What kind of journalism can we expect from media organizations that treat news as a commodity, their workers as disposable currency and their audience as unthinking consumers?
Online journo nabbed for libel
Online journo nabbed for libel
“This is an attack on the rights of Elmer James Bandol and on the freedom of the press.”
Groups slam Aquino administration for failure to protect journalists
Groups slam Aquino administration for failure to protect journalists
"The continued failure of the government to arrest, prosecute and convict the perpetrators is indicative of how little, if any at all, importance that the Aquino administration is making to stop this murderous rampage and end the state of impunity in our country.”
Dispatches: Jailing the Philippines’ elusive journalist killers
Dispatches: Jailing the Philippines’ elusive journalist killers
Media freedom advocates in the Philippines scored a rare victory when a court convicted an alleged gunman in the killing of broadcaster Miguel Belen.
Solons want probe on ‘labor code violations’ by GMA Network
Solons want probe on ‘labor code violations’ by GMA Network
“I could say that we don’t have the dignity of labor. People who work at GMA often jested that talents are second-class citizens.”
It’s bleak Christmas for GMA 7 talents
It’s bleak Christmas for GMA 7 talents
SPECIAL REPORT: Talents, or those who are not considered “regular” employees by the GMA 7 management, despite years of service, do not receive their 13th month pay, a mandatory benefit under the Labor Code.
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Sidebar | Talent? | How can you be considered a regular employee
Pooled editorial | Fight for genuine freedom of information law
Pooled editorial | Fight for genuine freedom of information law
We cannot settle for a law that will make truth telling even more difficult: a bad law is worse than no law at all.
FOI bill ‘defanged’ – Makabayan solons
FOI bill ‘defanged’ – Makabayan solons
“The people demand a genuine FOI law, and those who wish to thwart this are on the defensive in light of the corruption, anomalies, human rights abuses and injustices previously covered up due to information restrictions.”
Reforms needed to solve Ampatuan massacre case, other media killings
Reforms needed to solve Ampatuan massacre case, other media killings
“Our justices may look into the possibility of reviewing and revising the rules of court.” – Prima Quinsayas, lawyer of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists
5 years after Ampatuan massacre, zero justice | Journalists, advocates slam impunity
5 years after Ampatuan massacre, zero justice | Journalists, advocates slam impunity
“Deprive us not of justice.” – Edita Tiamzon, wife of UNTV cameraman Daniel Tiamzon
RELATED STORY: Reforms needed to solve Ampatuan massacre case, other media killings
SLIDESHOW: 5th year of Ampatuan massacre | Calls for justice reverberate
Pooled editorial | Five years after the Ampatuan massacre, Aquino must be held accountable
Pooled editorial | Five years after the Ampatuan massacre, Aquino must be held accountable
The Ampatuan Massacre is a key issue in the Filipino people’s struggle against the culture of impunity that has afflicted the country for so long. A decision favourable to the masterminds and killers will encourage more killings of and human rights violations against journalists, activists, and other sectors.
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