Tag: labor rights
Filipinos see pathway from poverty with virtual assistant jobs
No government figures for the sector as the role falls into no recognized job category, meaning legal protections are also non-existent
Ecumenical labor group files rights complaint over ‘red-tagging’
According to EILER, three red-tagging incidents were documented between December 2024 and February 2025 in District 4
Labor group warns of escalating layoffs, criticizes Marcos administration’s ‘permissive’ policies
“This ongoing trend of large-scale layoffs faced by workers is deeply concerning,” KMU said, pointing to recent layoffs
Nexperia workers to hold strike over mass layoff
The layoffs have stirred unrest among the workers, who argue that the company’s actions are not justifiable given its financial performance.
Filipino migrant workers lose jobs in New Zealand
Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers in New Zealand, who lost their jobs just before Christmas, are asking the Philippine government for continuing financial assistance...
Reaping the benefits of unionism, the Nexperia Philippines workers’ experience
For Ann and the Nexperia workers union, these victories help the resistance grow, repression notwithstanding.
Human Rights Watch decries killing of Filipino labor organizer
“Those killed had often been “red-tagged”—alleged to be members of the communist New People’s Army—before they were assaulted”
Faith-based group decries layoff of Nestlé-Wyeth workers
EILER claimed that Nestlé, a Swiss conglomerate, has had a record of union-busting and attacks on unionists
Bishop says current basic wage in Philippines ‘unjust’
Bishop Alminaza said that in the Philippines “what we call ‘minimum wage’ is not necessarily a just wage, or a living wage, or a family wage”
Proposed escrow provision in Magna Carta for seafarers ‘prejudicial’
The inclusion of an escrow provision in the pending Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers will adversely affect legal battles for labor claims
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