By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Winding up two-thirds of its six-year term, the P-Noy government came under the severest criticisms on International Labor Day for its basically anti-labor policies and failure to address a broad range of national problems. The condemnation and other verbal attacks came not only from…
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Unions in Makati and Pasay join calls for P125 across-the-board wage hike
By MARYA SALAMAT
Although most came from firms belonging to the top 500 corporations, with some being subsidiaries of top global corporations, the unionists complained also of low wages and threats to their job security.
Workers to Noynoy: Waiting for 5% inflation rate highly insensitive
01 April 2011 MEDIA RELEASE Highly insensitive. This was how multisectoral alliance Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan reacted today to Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statement that his government will call on the regional wage boards to implement a wage hike should the inflation rate reach 5%. “Perhaps the president is spending much of…
Workers Frustrated Over Lower House Decision to Take Early Break
By MARYA SALAMAT
The long-delayed substantial wage hike demanded by Filipino workers found no room this Christmas in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, prices of food and transport continue to soar, and even the ILO reported that the Filipinos’ wages suffered one of the biggest cuts in Asia.
KMU Calls for Senate Bill on Wage Hike, Solons’ Support for Anakpawis P125 Bill
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 KMU Calls for Senate Bill on Wage Hike, Solons’ Support for Anakpawis P125 Bill Workers trooped to the Senate’s reopening of session today to push for the drafting of a Senate bill for a substantial nation-wide wage hike, and called on members of the Lower House to support the P125…
Reverse Arroyo’s Ugly Legacy To Workers – KMU Asks Noynoy
By MARYA SALAMAT
The outgoing Arroyo has “exhausted the patience of workers with promises of paradise when all it gave us is hell,” KMU said.
News in Pictures: Workers Demand Noynoy to Address Wage Hike Call
Workers, led by progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), on Friday call on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to immediately address their demand for a legislated nationwide P125 across-the-board wage hike. The workers gather in front of Aquino’s residence in Times Street, Quezon City, carrying huge yellow ribbons bearing the calls “P125 wage increase” and “Prosecute Gloria Arroyo”.
Meager Wages Highlight Need for a New Economic Policy
By MARYA SALAMAT
A foreign investment-led, export-led growth economic model never led to genuine, sustainable development nor to the betterment of the living and working conditions of the country’s working population.
Reduce School Drop-outs by Raising Parents’ Incomes, Aquino Told
MANILA — Youth group Anakbayan today called on newly-proclaimed President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the growing number of drop-outs in the first months of his term. In a press conference today, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce called on Aquino to pressure the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) into immediately implementing a tuition freeze for…
Anakpawis Slams Wage Freeze Proposition
Press Statement April 12, 2010 Davao City — Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-Southern Mindanao) and Anakpawis Southern Mindanao labeled the proposition made by the government and other economists to freeze wage increase as a vicious practice of government that turns a blind eye to the misery of workers. “Freezing wage increase amidst the…
TUCP-DOLE media blitz on wage hike petition a predictable charade – KMU
Manila – Progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) today criticized the “predictable charade” being staged by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) over the P75 wage hike petition in the National Capital Region, calling it a media blitz aimed at…