These are just some examples readily provided by one labor organization.
TNCS, Big Biz are big employers of contractuals
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In Calabarzon, workers get first taste of wage cuts via two-tier wage system
2nd of two, series on two-tier wage 1st of two, series on two-tier wage: From wage freeze to wage cuts: Aquino government pilots two-tier wage system Sidebar: Latest poverty measure: excluding the poor from the poverty count By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Calamba, LAGUNA – The two-tier wage system is being piloted since May this year…
Labor Groups Prepare Mass Actions for May 1 “and Beyond”
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – On May 1 labor groups in the country plan to hold mass actions in various locations as they press the government to swiftly legislate a P125 across-the-board wage increase. In the days leading to that, they announced activities in workers communities, inviting support and participation of workers, women, youth…
Labor Group Bares ‘Abduction Attempt’ on Leader’s Kin
The wife and the daughter of a labor leader in Southern Tagalog were ‘almost abducted,’ a labor group said. According to the Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK-KMU), Romeo Legaspi’s wife Hermelita, 47, and daughter Sherry Anne, 17, were approached by a suspected intelligence agent yesterday in Cabuyao, Laguna. Legaspi, president of Lakas-Manggagawang Nagkakaisa…
Nestle Workers Condemn Two Years of Injustice and Violence
“Good food, good life”— thus goes the tag line of the food giant Nestlé Philippines Inc. in its advertisements. Apparently, these words are not for the company’s own workers, as more than 300 of them continue to decry making do with “bad food” and suffering a “bad life” since they went on strike two years…