The fact-finding team on the disappearance of a labor organizer said that there are eyewitness reports that the Philippine military is involved.
Eyewitnesses say military involved in abducting labor organizer
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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.
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.”
Rage despite physical distance’ | Groups assail gov’t failure to aid Filipino workers amid pandemic
“We mourn behind the face mask. We rage over the token relief promised but not received. We rage despite the physical and social distance.”
Behind the fragrance of laundry soaps
Contrary to how the Pepmaco brands itself as leading surfactant manufacturing with innovative and advance technology, respiratory masks barely protect the workers.
Labor Day protest blasts ‘worst unemployment, tyranny under Duterte’
“We have the worst hunger, unemployment, killings and when we protest and organize we are called ‘criminals.’”
Workers press gov’t for national minimum wage
“As hardworking Filipinos who struggle to support our families through honorable means, we deserve no less than wages and salaries that would afford us humane living conditions. We say enough of the Duterte government’s neglect of our plight.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Workers from the public and private sectors joined forces…
Labor groups storm the streets against contractualization
“We need to continue organizing contractual workers, especially now that there have been favorable decisions released under Duterte which he just failed to implement.”
Labor rights issues intensified under two years of Duterte (Part 2)
The Philippines was among the top 10 countries across the globe to be worst for workers, according to the Global Rights Index for 2018 released last June 8 by the International Trade Union Confederation. In a scale of 1 to 5, the Philippines is a 5 with “no guarantee of rights due to the breakdown of law.
Labor dispute at Monde Nissin remains unresolved, 100 more workers at risk of dismissal
“We tried to talk to the inspectors because we were the complainants but the management, the security, prevented us from going near them.”
Crackdown intensifies | Trumped-up charges filed vs. progressive leaders
“The charges are pathetically not worth the paper they were written on.”