Manila dockworkers bar ports privatization

Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by admin in Labor Situation

Tension continues to grip Manila North Harbor as port workers stay on tight guard against the scheduled private takeover of the port today and protest actions are held at various points along the port. (more…)

Crisis and Labor Informalization in the Philippines

Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin in Labor Situation

The severe financial and economic crisis now wracking the world capitalist system has brought labor informalization sharply into focus. Loss of jobs, working-hour cuts and the shift towards “self-employment” became the most marked symptoms of one of worst global recessions to have hit the system, though by no means unprecedented in its crisis-ridden history. (more…)

ERP ni Arroyo: Pagtulong nga ba?

Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin in Labor Situation

Ilang buwan nang nilalaman ng mga pahayagan ang mga anunsyo ng Malacanang hinggil sa Economic Resiliency Plan (ERP). Isasagawa ito umano upang protektahan ang Pilipinas mula sa epekto ng kasalukuyang pandaigdigang krisis pang-ekonomya’t pampinansya. (more…)

Crisis Deepens, Labor Sinks, Gloria Dances

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by admin in Labor Situation

Labor Situation, Midyear 2009

EILER, 16 July 2009

The first six months of the year has been a very traumatic one for Philippine labor, and will likely be remembered by them as the time that tens of thousands of Filipino jobs were ripped up by the global economic crisis in just a few weeks. (more…)