Private sector workers in the two Agusan and Surigao provinces and their component cities got a post-election gift in the form of a P10 across the board salary increase that the Caraga region’s wage board approved.
AFTER the elections, labor groups will press anew their petition for a wage hike next month.
PARTISAN politics and calling for better wages mixed in yesterday’s Labor Day mass actions.
Bangladeshi protesters enraged by a deadly factory collapse led rallies across Asia against low wages and poor working conditions on May Day, as more demonstrations were rolled out across austerity-hit Europe.
Turkish riot police used water canon and tear gas on Wednesday in a bid to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a Labor Day ban on demonstrations in a central part of Istanbul.
A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece’s prolonged economic austerity policies.
Should I congratulate Filipino workers for today’s celebration of Labor Day? I am not sure, but what I am sure of is that many Filipino workers, whether working for others or self-employed, still find themselves in dire situations with their meager income or from being chronically unemployed or underemployed.
Seventeen companies in Central Visayas have been granted a one year reprieve from implementing the latest minimum wage increase by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB 7).
Holding two jobs and selling retail goods on the side are among steps minimum wage earners in Cebu are taking to augment their meager income.
Two senatorial candidates of the administration coalition on Monday urged Malacañang to finally take a hard look at the precarious position of contractual workers who jump from one job to another once their agreement with employers expires after three to five months.
The Philippine National Police said Monday it has laid out a security plan for Labor Day, which will be marked with protests by various workers’ groups, a PNP spokesman said.
The cost of living in Metro Manila has risen to P1,200 for a family of six members, an amount that the parents could not raise if they are both just earning the current minimum wage, according to a labor group.
Labor leaders and Manila police officials discussed the issues of traffic, infiltration and peace and order during a dialogue Friday on their preparations for a Labor Day rally next Wednesday when more than 50,000 workers and militants are expected to converge near Malacañang to demand the prioritization of workers’ issues on the national agenda.
