The national leadership of a militant group of government employees and a labor group in the Cordillera, on separate occasions, assailed the anti-labor stance of the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that keeps mum on clamors for P3,000 across-the-board salary increases for government employees and P125 daily increase for workers in the private sector, and…
Category: Labor & Employment
Filipino Workers in Hong Kong: Fending for Themselves
Filipinos comprise Hong Kong’s biggest migrant community. Migrant workers among them stay on for years to work hard for their children’s future; others come home after a short stay as their dreams of buying a piece of land in their country of origin are shattered. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com
Migrante Joins Melbourne Rally vs Anti-Labor Laws
Members of Migrante Melbourne joined the tens of thousands of workers in the National Day of Action protest against the Howard Government’s Industrial Relations (IR) laws at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Nov. 30. The challenge on the day of the rally is to fill the “G” (people’s ground) and become part of history…
Gov’t Hiding Real Plans for Proposed Integration – Health Workers
Health workers and union representatives of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, the Philippine Children’s Medical Center and the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC), which will be affected by the planned integration and creation of the Philippine Center for Specialized Health Care (PCSHC), said that the Department…
Five Fisherfolk Leaders to Swim Mactan Channel
Five fisherfolk leaders of the Cebu-based activist fisherfolk group Panaghugpong sa Gagmay ng Mananagat sa Sugbo (Pamana-Sugbo), an affiliate of the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya or National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations) will cross the Mactan Channel on Nov. 27, two weeks before the holding of the 12th Association…
Soldiers Harass Unions to Disaffiliate with KMU
After 72 cases of labor-related murders and 10 cases of disappearances, workers and union leaders denounce yet another form of trade union harassment – this time, soldiers are forcing progressive unions to disaffiliate with the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement). BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat After 72 cases of labor-related murders and…
Swiss Gov’t Action Sought in 2 Relief Volunteers’ Abduction
Theresa-Ladeli Jegenstorf, a prestigious Swiss development organization, has protested the abduction of Lourilie Naiz, 22, and Mary Bernadette Solitario, 21, staff workers of the Disaster Response Center, Inc. (DIRECT) last Nov. 4 while on field work in Tulunan, North Cotabato. Soldiers from the 27th and 39th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were identified as…
Port Workers Gear for Strikes as Mass Lay-offs Loom
Port workers of the Manila North Harbor fear that they will lose their jobs once the port is privatized effective 2007. An executive of the Philippine Ports Authority says about 75 percent of their organic employees will be laid-off once the winning private bidder takes over the port operations. By DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Over a…
Hacienda Reyes’ Farmers Oppressed, their Rights Violated
The farmers of Hacienda Reyes – owned by the family of a town mayor in Quezon province – already bear the burden of an oppressive crop-sharing scheme. To make matters worse, when they ask for their rightful share their rights are violated, with not a little help from the military and the police. BY DENNIS…
Labor Lawyers Bring Fight to CHR
For the failed abduction of one of its lawyers on Oct. 5, labor lawyers of the Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center will file a case against an Army intelligence officer at the Commission on Human Rights on Monday, Oct. 30. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Labor lawyers of the Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center (PLACE) will ask the…
Miners’ benefits delayed: Lepanto Refuses to Recognize Union Leaders
Exactly one year after they were elected, officers of a miners’ union in Mankayan, Benguet have not yet been recognized by the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corp. (LCMCo), Asia’s top gold producer. As a result, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Lepanto and its workers remained unsigned by the company, more than a year after both…