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Victory Obtained by Honduran Wokers. Nike to Pay US$1.5M for Relief Fund

Honduras-- More than two thousand workers at the Hugger and Vision Tex factories, former producers of Nike apparel, obtained victory after the multinational company and the Central General Trabajones de Honduras (CGT) announced last July 26 an agreement that will provide US$1.5 million fund for the laid-off workers.  

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Negros Farm Worker Murdered. Victims of EJK from NFSW now 11

Negros Occidental -- Another labor leader, Benjamin Bayles, 44, was murdered last June 14, 2010 by alleged members of 61st Infantry Batallion Philippines Army.

 

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URGENT APPEAL: “Military agent and labour dispute, behind the recent killing of labor leader”, union says

While the Philippine Government is to give a progress report on what it is doing to stem extrajudicial killings of unionists at the ILO International Labor Conference (ILC) in Geneva, another labor leader from Southern Tagalog was murdered.

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Pineapple Giant Risks Losing Social Accountability Certification

SOUTH COTABATO -- Pineapple giant, Dole Foods Incorporated risks losing its Social Accountability (SA) certification, following DOLE Philippines (Dolefil)’s  ‘non-conformity’ with SA 8000 requirements on freedom of association and collective bargaining rights of its workers in Polomolok a

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4D Workers Decry Illegal Demolition of Picket Line

Pasig City--Workers of 4 Dimensions  Sleep Product Manufacturing Corporation (4D) decried illegal demolition after members of the Pasig Action Line (PAL) rammed the picket line of 4D Employees Union (4DEU) in San Miguel, Pasig City last May 25 at 9 in the morning.  

 

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