How did inflation affect minimum wage earners?
Minimum wage earners in five regions earned less than P300 a day in January 2023, and less than P310 in 2024, after inflation.
How did inflation affect minimum wage earners?
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Search for missing labor activist expands in 1st month of disappearance
Search for missing labor activist expands in 1st month of disappearance
It has been more than a month since his disappearance but Lariosa remains missing. The effect of his abduction rippled down to other organizers in the Southern Mindanao region. The United Nations (UN) has identified that enforced disappearance is a frequently used strategy to spread terror, not only to the close relatives of the disappeared but also to their communities.
Health workers grapple with understaffing, poor protection
Health workers grapple with understaffing, poor protection
Jao Clumia of the AHW said, the prolonged delay in receiving these benefits affects the morale and service of healthcare workers. They feel disheartened, leading to the exodus of frontline workers.
Youth, labor groups demand release of 6 activists arrested on Labor Day
Youth, labor groups demand release of 6 activists arrested on Labor Day
“Peaceful and justified,” these are the words of Azrael de Guzman, one of the six arrested youth activists during the May 1 protest, in an open letter to the public, calling for their immediate release.
Jeepney drivers, workers ‘more miserable under Marcos Jr’
Jeepney drivers, workers ‘more miserable under Marcos Jr’
Jeepney drivers and operators group Piston said that those who refuse to join the unjust public transport modernization program are being "designated as illegal, or colorum, by the very same government entrusted to safeguard the rights of the working class."
6 arrested at the labor day protest
6 arrested at the labor day protest
Gabriela Secretary General Clarice Palce said, "The police prevent us from getting near the US Embassy but American troops freely occupy our land and seas," she said in Filipino, referring to the Balikatan exercise with the US.
Riding the crossroads: The battle of Manila’s jeepney drivers against modernization
Riding the crossroads: The battle of Manila’s jeepney drivers against modernization
“Most members in my group are seniors,” he said, “My father is 72 years old, yet he drives every day because he doesn't want to rely on his children. He needs money for medication, electricity and water to survive. Where will they find a livelihood? I’m sure no company would want to hire them anymore, right?”
Striking drivers, operators face financial woes
Striking drivers, operators face financial woes
For single-unit operators like Chel Mallonga, 45, the impact of the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) would be drastic. Once consolidation pushes through, single-unit operators will no longer be granted franchises.
Eyewitnesses say military involved in abducting labor organizer
Eyewitnesses say military involved in abducting labor organizer
The fact-finding team on the disappearance of a labor organizer said that there are eyewitness reports that the Philippine military is involved.
Prioritize workers’ health, safety amid extreme heat — labor groups
Prioritize workers’ health, safety amid extreme heat — labor groups
A global research showed how more than 70 percent of industrial greenhouse gases have been linked to only 100 companies since 1988.
Nexperia workers decry mass ‘lay-offs’, claim union-busting
Nexperia workers decry mass ‘lay-offs’, claim union-busting
The lay-offs are set to begin while Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations are underway.
Reaping the benefits of unionism, the Nexperia Philippines workers’ experience
Reaping the benefits of unionism, the Nexperia Philippines workers’ experience
For workers in Southern Tagalog, repression is as normal as resistance.
Labor organizer killed in Rizal province
Labor organizer killed in Rizal province
"Jude Thaddeus Fernandez was organizing workers in communities to enjoin them to campaign for wage increases and other workers’ rights. He is a labor organizer and does not bear arms.”
Fight of US-based Jollibee workers continues
Fight of US-based Jollibee workers continues
“This journey to assert our rights has not been easy. But we remain determined. We continue to face all difficulties and challenges because we know that we are fighting for what is right."
Laguna labor leader faces surveillance, harassment
Laguna labor leader faces surveillance, harassment
A Laguna-based unionist was subjected to surveillance and harassment last August 5, following a series of threats and intimidation of labor leaders in the Southern Tagalog region.
Lay-offs at Wyeth ‘a clear-cut case of union busting,’ workers insist
Lay-offs at Wyeth ‘a clear-cut case of union busting,’ workers insist
The union has described the lay-offs as a “gross violation” of their Collective Bargaining Agreement, and “a clear-cut case of union busting.”
Not-so-safe delivery: Riders’ trip to unsafe working conditions
Not-so-safe delivery: Riders’ trip to unsafe working conditions
“The nature of work of delivery riders is unquestionably necessary and desirable to the business and trade of the companies to whom they render their services. Without them, companies engaged in the delivery business have actually no business to speak of. Thus, delivery riders are deemed regular employees by operation of law, regardless of the existence of any work contracts they signed."
Workers in Southern Tagalog push back for labor rights
Workers in Southern Tagalog push back for labor rights
Despite the setbacks, however, workers in the Southern Tagalog region have continued to assert their rights and fight back. For Mario Fernandez and his fellow unionists in TEPWU, it meant meeting state forces head on. This meant actively challenging attempts to tag them as “communist sympathizers.”
Filipino workers slam Marcos Jr.’s US visit amid ignored woes for wage hike
Filipino workers slam Marcos Jr.’s US visit amid ignored woes for wage hike
“There is nothing in the subservience of the Philippine government between rival countries US and China that will serve the interest of poor Filipinos.”
Labor Day 2023: Workers’ stories
Labor Day 2023: Workers’ stories
Workers from different parts of the country joined protest actions on Labor Day. In Manila, these workers asserted that a substantial wage hike is necessary.
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