NEWS RELEASE 21 March 2010 More than just mulling over the distribution of female condoms, the labor department should act on the demand of Filipino workers for a nationwide wage hike and creation of decent jobs, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. KMU said the plan of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)…
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KMU Hits Food Giant Dole Philippines’s Renewed Crackdown vs Union Leaders
By BULATLAT Multinational food giant Dole Philippines operating in South Cotabato in Mindanao has resurrected its company-backed employees’ organization to divide the ranks of workers and usurp the representation of legitimate union leaders who have been asserting the workers’ rights. UR-Dole, the company-backed organization of Dole Philippines employees, has recently called for a general assembly…
As Workers Reel from Layoffs, They Find Enemy – Not Ally – in Labor Department
By MARYA SALAMAT
The massive layoffs in the Philippines brought about by the global financial crisis and the increasing appetite of companies for more profit have exposed yet again the Arroyo regime’s sympathy not for workers but for capitalists. And instead of ensuring that workers’ rights are protected, the Department of Labor and Employment has become an even more willing tool by companies to satisfy their greed.
Hanjin Gets Away With Murder While Arroyo Regime Turns Its Back on Workers
What has the Department of Labor and Employment done about the health and safety violations that have resulted in more than 40 deaths and over 5,000 injuries in the three and a bit years Hanjin has been operating at Subic? What has happened to the Senate probe, which kicked off promisingly in early February amid a flurry of publicity about the then recent deaths at Hanjin?
A Critique of the Economic Resiliency Plan: Why Arroyo’s P330-Billion ‘Stimulus’ Package Will Not Solve Joblessness
BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributor Bulatlat Part 2 of a two-part series As Filipino workers marked Labor Day last May 1, about 400 from their ranks are being displaced daily as fallout of the global economic crisis. By the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE) own reckoning, the global crisis has already displaced almost 50,400 workers…
Jobapalooza ’09: Do Job Fairs Really Work?
Highly touted as the biggest job fair to hit the country, Jobapalooza 09, which aimed to provide 250,000 career opportunities to jobseekers, was held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, in celebration of Labor Day. DoLE and OWWA officials happily announced in newspapers that a total of 4,292 local…
Partylist Groups Push for Job Security, Wage Hike, Say Job Fairs Are Band Aid Solutions
Officials of Bayan Muna and Anakpawis in the Visayas belittled the effect of Jobapalooza in Cebu, citing that only 81 applicants landed a job. Calling job fairs as a band-aid solution, they said the Labor Department should, instead, scrutinize the books of companies that are retrenching its workers. They also continue to push for a…
More Than a Thousand OFWs Laid Off in Taiwan, More to Follow
The Department of Labor and Employment reported that 300 overseas Filipino workers have been terminated in Taiwan so far. But migrant groups said the number of retrenched OFWs is much bigger, hovering around more than a thousand. And that more would be laid off. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH The Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific Mission for…
‘Anti-Worker, Unconstitutional, Repressive,’ Migrants Say of POEA’s Sample Contract for OFWs
A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) called for the scrapping of the sample contract being promoted by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for OFWs. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) called for the scrapping of the sample contract being promoted by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for OFWs.…
Workers Crowd Hearing on P125-Wage Hike Bill
BY Bulatlat.com September 3, 2008 – 4:31 p.m. Workers led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May First Movement), and various sectors led by the Unity for P125 alliance, attended en masse the first hearing of the P125 wage hike bill in the House of Representatives. KMU Chair Elmer Labog said, “This hearing was the result…
Bacolod Businessmen Feel Threatened by SM Entry
One of the most renowned mall stores in the country and perhaps in the whole of Asia, the SM super mall is a force to reckon with; but as it started its operations last week, local businesses have raised apprehensions despite praises from some sectors. Is SM really advantageous to the city and province? BY…