Month: November 2016

UN to GPH: Reinstate National Minimum Wage End “Endo”

November 21, 2016

Workers, trade unions, labor rights  groups found an international ally  in UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) when it called for reinstatement of a national minimum wage, an end to endo system in its report  following a review of Philippines’ economic and social rights commitment released last October. “These recommendations [of the […]

Rage! Marcos is Not a Hero!

November 10, 2016

“Where were they when the many years of oppression and atrocities were happening? Were they sitting on the lap of the dictator?” This was the reaction of Sr.Emelina Villegas, ICM, President of Board of Trustees of the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights when the Supreme Court on November 8 upheld President Duterte’s order […]