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Read more about the article Comval banana workers launched strike vs. union-busting
252 workers of the Musahamat Farms Inc.-Farm 2 in Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province mount a strike on Monday, Apr. 10 following the arbitrary dismissal of two union officers. The worker's union said they failed to reach an agreement with the management on their co-workers' dismissal. (Contributed photo)

Comval banana workers launched strike vs. union-busting

More than 250 workers of a multinational exporter of cavendish bananas in Pantukan, Compostela Valley launched a labor strike Tuesday to protest the summary dismissal of two of its union officers.

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Read more about the article Duterte to bring home pardoned OFWs in Middle East visit
Addressing some 300 chief local executives from Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte asked for help to address the problems of terrorism and the proliferation of illegal drugs in Mindanao, or else he will have to declare Martial Law. Duterte met the local chief executives on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte to bring home pardoned OFWs in Middle East visit

President Rodrigo Duterte left Francisco Bangoy International Airport here Monday afternoon to meet his counterparts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the State of Qatar up to April 16.

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Read more about the article Korean plantation workers stop work, protest vs. illegal dismissal, unfair labor practice
KOREAN COMPANY. The Shin Sun Workers Union hold picket rally in front of Shin Sun Tropical Fruit Co.'s office in Sales street, Davao City, Monday, to call on the Korean company to reinstate the 53 terminated workers. The union says the termination of the workers did not go through due process and the workers. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Korean plantation workers stop work, protest vs. illegal dismissal, unfair labor practice

Workers of Korean-owned Shin Sun Tropical Fruit Co. in Compostela town, Compostela Valley stopped work to condemn the illegal dismissal of  53 workers and the non-remittance of basic worker’s benefits.

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Read more about the article KMU on DO 174: A rehash, pro-employers labor policy
Despite positive announcement from the current administration on ending contractualization, Kilusang Mayo Uno in Southern Mindanao ?says it would continue to call ?on "genuine" abolition of contractuazliation practice during their picket rally outside a hotel in Obrero, Davao City, Friday. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

KMU on DO 174: A rehash, pro-employers labor policy

“The DO 174 does not end, but further legitimizes contractualization. By signing this DO, the DOLE has deliberately rejected Filipino workers’ demands to end all forms of contractualization,” Jerome Adonis, KMU secretary general, said in a statement.

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Read more about the article A ‘failure,’ KMU says on dialogue with Duterte on contractualization
President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with union leaders and officials of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at the State Dining Room in Malacañan Palace on February 27, 2017. (Toto Lozano/Presidential Photo)

A ‘failure,’ KMU says on dialogue with Duterte on contractualization

Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno said its dialogue with President Duterte on Monday failed to break the "deadlock” between the workers and the Department of Labor and Employment on the issue of contractualization.

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