100k workers to join the KMU-led Labor Day rally
More than 100, 000 workers are expected to join the Labor Day protest rally on May 1 organized by Kilusang Mayo Uno, an official said.
Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao said In a phone interview with Davao Today, the farmers took a ferry from the Manila Pier going to Cagayan de Oro City. (davaotoday.com file photo)
Militant solon bats for hike in workers’ pay; regularization as Labor Day nears
A militant lawmaker on Friday urged the Duterte administration to implement a pay hike as it also called for the regularization of workers across the country days before the observance of Labor Day on May 1.
Workers stage a piket rally in front of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment region XI to demand a 16,000 pesos wage for all workers. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Blood spills, harassment against workers continue in Duterte admin
A labor rights organization on Friday said that 14 workers were killed in what it described as a “politically motivated” killings and labor harassments continued under the Duterte administration.
Progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno in Southern Mindanao Region holds a protest rally Thursday at the Department of Labor and Employment region XI office to reiterate their call to end the contractualization of workers. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Contractualization in DOLE Order 174 is alive—KMU
Saying that labor contractualization is still alive under the Department of Labor and Employment Order No. 174, members of the militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno pressed on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte to junk the latest guideline.
Striking workers ink deal with Japanese firm to get hourly payment
After only 13 hours of labor strike, 133 workers of a packing plant of the Japanese-owned Sumifru banana packing plant in Compostela Valley inked a deal with the management to scrap the piece-rate system and install an hourly payment scheme.