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Workers, Urban Poor Skip Meals and Sleep Longer to Cope with Crisis |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
Rosa, 55, is a garment worker in Taytay, Rizal for almost ten years now. The company implements a quota basis which forces her to work for more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to reach the minimum quota. In total she receives around 2,000P (US$ 43.94) during pay day, which she will use to pay previous debts, house rent, water, and electricity bills. Because she only has 300P (US$ 6.59) left for food, she will have to reduce its quality and quantity, or borrow some money from illegal five-six operators.
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Sexually Abused Shoe Workers Illegally Dismissed After Disclosure |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
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HR advocates spewed away for questioning union establishment election irregularities
More than 50 Advan shoe workers, who earlier disclosed the inhumane sexual molestations they are experiencing since 1993 under their Filipino-Chinese employer, were illegally terminated day before the Certification Election (CE) last Friday, July 25, which would have paved way for the establishment of their union, thus, strengthen their combat against sex abuse.
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Women Workers Decry Years of Sexual Harassments and Union Busting |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
After fourteen years of silent terror, around 200 women and their male colleagues working at Bleustar Manufacturing and Marketing Corporation (BMMC) – a manufacturer of Advan branded footwear – found courage to make public their harrowing experiences they suffered from their employer Jimmy Ong, a Filipino-Chinese.
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Phil. Gov't to Remain Under "Active Scrutiny" by the US Gov't for its Violations of Workers' Rights |
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
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U.S. Trade Representative Continues On-Going Review of GRP’s Labor Right Protections
On July 3, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the Philippine government will remain under "active scrutiny" and that the U.S. will continue an on-going review process to ensure that the Philippine government is protecting its' workers' internationally recognized labor rights. The review will determine whether the Philippines is eligible to continue participation in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, which extends preferential trade benefits to Philippine exports to the United States. U.S. law requires that a country must afford their workers' "internationally recognized worker rights", including the right to freedom of association, in order to participate in the GSP program.
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