Dignidad, dangal at karapatan muna ng mga manggagawa bago ang pera o tubo. Ito ang isa sa mga mungkahi ni Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, sa kanyang sermon sa misa para sa manggagawa noong Mayo 1, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa sa Simbahan ng Quiapo sa Maynila. Mga mungkahi ito ni Tagle na tugon sa mga problemang […]
Maikling kasaysayan ng two-tiered wage system sa buong mundo -- at kung papaano nito pinaliliit ang sahod ng manggagawa. (Source: Crispin B. Beltran Resource Center)
Laid off and unfairly dismissed workers from different companies aired their grievances in front of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to call for justice and labor rights, on the eve of Labor Day. Workers from Advan Shoes, People’s Journal and Toyota Motors Inc., with Defend Job Philippines, rallied in front of DOLE main office, […]
Salaysay ng mamamahayag ng Pinoy Weekly na si Macky Macaspac hinggil sa karanasan ng mga naging bahagi ng fact-finding-mission sa Baganga, Davao Oriental
Reiterating their Labor Day demands, workers from biggest labor groups in the country marched to Mendiola two days before May 1 to press for significant wage hike. Led by the Action against Contractualization Towards a Significant Wage Increase Now! (ACT2WIN), workers numbering about 300 sent an “SOS” — “SOS” meaning “Significant wage hike, Overturn contractualization, […]
Labing apat na taon nang nagtatrabaho sa Pentagon Steel Corporation si Nestle Gabriel, 36. Pero isang araw na papasok na sana siya sa pabrika, hindi na siya pinapasok ng manedsment. Tanggal na raw siya sa trabaho. Hindi pala siya nag-iisa. Kabilang si Gabriel sa 140 manggagawa ng naturang pabrika ng bakal na sabay-sabay tinanggalan ng […]
Workers led by militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, as well as other progressive organizations, launched Metro Manila-wide protests against the power rate hike this April and the rising prices of basic commodities. Among the targets of protest was a local office in Espana Avenue, Manila of the country’s biggest power distributor, Manila Electro Co. […]
Nagbanta ang iba’t ibang sektoral na organisasyon na maglulunsad sila ng protestang bayan sa Marso dahil sa sunud-sunod na taas-presyo ng langis. “Nakakagalit ang sunud-sunod na pagtaas. Halatang-halata na may overpricing na ginagawa ang kartel ng langis,” ani Roger Soluta, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). Sa pananaliksik ng grupo noong ikalawang hati ng […]
The House Committee on Labor and Employment (Cole), on the last day of Congress session, finally passed the bill to increase wage of workers from the private sector. Still, workers need to wait for the next congress in July for the bill’s approval. Nevertheless, the militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) commended the committee […]
Boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao pushed for the immediate approval of the P125 across-the-board wage hike, a few days before the House of Representatives adjourns. In a letter dated January 21 to Northern Samar Rep. Emil L. Ong, chairperson of the House Committee on Labor and Employment (COLE), Pacquiao expressed full support for […]
