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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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Read more about the article Davao PUJ drivers protest modernization plan, fear massive loss of livelihood
STRIKING DRIVERS. Members of the public transportation group Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence, and Nationalism, voice out their disapproval of the impending Jeepney Modernization program of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board in a protest caravan held on Monday, Feb. 27 in Davao City. The group claims that some 500-600,000 drivers will lose their livelihood because of the modernization plan. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao PUJ drivers protest modernization plan, fear massive loss of livelihood

Members of the public transport group Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence and Nationalism expressed fears of losing their means of livelihood when the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board implements its Jeepney Modernization Plan.

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Read more about the article To address job mismatch, unemployment DOLE targets training youth “at risk”

To address job mismatch, unemployment DOLE targets training youth “at risk”

The Department of Labor and Employment in the region is targeting unemployed workers aged 18 to 24 years old as beneficiaries for its Jobstart program in a bid to address job mismatch and unemployment.

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