LABOR   The advisory states that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should accept below minimum wage levels for as long as the worker signs a contract.

Instead of implementing its palliative training program, government can create jobs for health workers that are stable, sufficiently paying, and under good working conditions to encourage them to stay in the country and serve local health care needs.

LABOR   The Alliance of Concerned Teachers said Malacañang had imposed a wage freeze on civilian personnel from 2001 to 2007 but during the same period it substantially upgraded the salaries and benefits of military and police personnel.

Migrante International, a global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations, accused President Arroyo of personally luring OFWs into the burrow of illegal recruiters, human traffickers and loan sharks when she graces a job fair which was held at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) last Wednesday.
The group claims that the President practically ignored reports of illegal [...]

Marching from Sto Domingo Church to the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) building, Migrante International and Kilusang Mayo Uno together with retrenched workers here and abroad have joined forces to condemn the alleged inhuman and illegal dismissals being done by companies which are cutting down on labor due to the global financial and economic crisis.
“With [...]

A twenty-year-old Filipino waiter, who suffered second degree burns to his face and chest caught fire in a work related accident has now sought compensation for the injuries he has suffered.
It was on 21 January 2009 that the waiter, Tibio Melvin Delos Reyes, meet with the accident when a flaming Lamborghini wine, which was served [...]

Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Rafael Mariano demands the rescinding of Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Advisory no. 2 series of 2009 that outlines the conditions for flexible work arrangements.
He said that the DoLE advisory only legalized the rampant flexible working conditions already taking place in companies, especially in export economic zones.
The advisory that allows compressed [...]

In a time of such a severe crisis, how can the government have the still have the guts to squeeze more funds from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)? This was the question raised by the largest global alliance of migrant Filipino groups, Migrante International.
In a protest in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) buliding [...]

While the Philippine Overseas Workers Administration (POEA) boasts about half a million available jobs abroad, Migrante International demands penalty for recruitment agencies that continue to function despite complaints and record of malpractice against them.
POEA Administrator Jennifer Manalili said that there are 400,000 job offers particularly in the health care services sector in Canada and Australia [...]

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO | Bulatlat  With the US dominating the world economy, the effects of this crunch have spread to other countries including the Philippines – affecting multitudes of workers who are now struggling to simply live through the difficult times.

Using even the government’s unrealistically low poverty line, the number of poor Filipinos will likely increase by 4 million this year from 2006, according to research group IBON Foundation.
This figure is based on a conservative estimate, said IBON research head Sonny Africa, since it merely assumes a continuation of trends in the 2003-2006 period. Gross [...]

Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano today described President Macapagal-Arroyo’s talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as “nothing but plain boast and empty rhetoric.”
Mariano issued the statement after the President called on America to “do something” to address the global economic crisis and that “as far as the Philippine government is concerned, we [...]

Migrant workers in the Eurozone are seeking an investigation over new service rates imposed by the Department of Foreign Affairs in nine Philippine embassies and three consulates general across Europe.
Starting January, DFA has mandated Philippine embassies in Greece, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and Vatican City and Philippine consulates general in [...]

Migrante, together with the relatives and friends of the nurses dubbed as the Sentosa 27++, celebrated the legal victory of the ten nurses and one lawyer acquitted from the criminal charges filed against them by the SentosaCare LLC and vowed to continue the uphill battle to pin down the Sentosa Recruitment Agency (SRA) for illegal [...]