The Congress-approved Senate version does not prohibit fixed-term and multi-layered contracting as demanded by workers. Its provision on penalties and fines on employers and agencies engaged in illegal labor-only contracting is weak.
Press Release July 21, 2010 Days before President Aquino’s SONA, and after business groups have continuously gained attention for presenting their agenda to his administration, workers still have yet to hear his government’s response to legitimate labor demands that call for urgent action. Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno submitted to Aquino its Labor Agenda which…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Previous revisions in the Labor Code have served to deprive workers of their hard-won rights. Now, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines are pushing for more.
NEWS RELEASE March 7, 2010 A women-dominated union in a German-owned denture factory is decrying the company’s inhumane rules and regulations which penalizes “use of obscene languange,” “loitering” and “concealment of contagious disease” via dismissal of workers. Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Zahnfabrik Philippines Inc (SMZPI), affiliated to KMU’s Alliance of Nationalist and Genuine Labor Organizations…