Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:20:27 +0000
The country’s biggest labor group assailed the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday for its “watered-down” version of the security of tenure (SOT)
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:11:03 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Workers shouldn’t expect much from the petitions for wage increases as a labor official pointed out on Monday that these should first justify a supervening condition that would merit a second wage hike in less than a year. Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III said discussions on the wage hike petitions for Metro […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 02:00:36 +0000
Two days before Labor Day, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) formally sought a P710 increase in the daily wage.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:30:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest labor organization is seeking a P710 across-the-board daily wage increase for workers in the private sector, saying the current daily minimum pay does not afford them and their families to live in dignity. Just two days before Labor Day when Malacañang traditionally announces benefits for workers, the Trade Union […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:45:13 +0000
THE country’s biggest aggrupation of labor groups will file on Monday a P710-wage increase petition before the National Capital Region (NCR) stemming from the growing poverty in the country. The…READ
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:02:07 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Labor groups on Tuesday expressed alarm over reports that some employers exposed their workers to danger when they maintained a “business as usual attitude” after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Pampanga, Metro Manila and neighboring provinces on Monday afternoon.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:36:40 +0000
A monthly budget of P7,337 that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said was enough to feed a family of five
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:04:01 +0000
Laborers’ groups have challenged Ramon Tulfo, President Duterte’s special envoy to China, to “man up” by walking in their shoes for three days so that he will know how hard it is for them to earn a living.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:26:41 +0000
Labor groups on Friday demanded that special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo apologize to Filipino workers after he insulted their contributions to the country’s economy when he claimed that the influx of Chinese workers was because they were better employees.
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Because of the continuous rise in the prices of basic commodities and petroleum products, the request for a wage hike has become a widely accepted proposal, according to representatives of different labor groups.
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