Month: September 2013

NGOs say new legislation can aid in ending “natural resource trade fueling conflict”  A group of 58 non-government organizations from different parts of the world urged the European Commission to pass a “strong and effective”...

“The trend in rising unemployment is clear proof of the government’s regressive economic and labor policies.” This is what Arman Hernando, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights coordinator for documentation said in reaction to...

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights criticized the recent wage adjustment saying the it is “demeaning” and “cruel” to workers especially amid rising prices and the P10- billion-peso scam. On September 6, the Department...

After almost a year of painstaking struggle, the 293 unjustly dismissed workers of Filipinas Palm Oil Plantation Inc. (FPPI) can finally go back today albeit still in casual status. FPPI Workers Union (FPIWU-NAFLU-KMU) President...