Labor

Read more about the article Independence Day job fair offers 17,000 vacant job posts
SWAMPED. Hundreds of job seekers try their luck at the Kalayaan jobs fair in a Davao City mall, Tuesday. Most recent data from the National Statistics Office recorded an unemployment rate of 7.2 percent and an underemployment rate of 18.8 percent. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Independence Day job fair offers 17,000 vacant job posts

A total of 17,284 local and overseas job vacancies will be up for application in the Kalayaan Job Fair 2016 on Sunday, June 12.

Continue ReadingIndependence Day job fair offers 17,000 vacant job posts
Read more about the article Pulong Duterte : no apologies to KMU
Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte says he will go back to a lower position if his sister, Inday Sara Duterte and brother Sebastian will run for higher positions. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Pulong Duterte : no apologies to KMU

The word war heats up between the striking workers of a Japanese company here and the city's vice mayor.

Continue ReadingPulong Duterte : no apologies to KMU
Read more about the article Labor Day battlecry: Workers call to stop contractualization, low wages 
ONWARD. On the 129th International labor day, some 5,000 workers in Southern Mindanao march from Magsaysay Park to Rizal Park, bringing banners of thinkers that have inspired revolutions in the Third World. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Labor Day battlecry: Workers call to stop contractualization, low wages 

For nine years, Lester Pillado works as a contractual in a fruit processing company here.

Continue ReadingLabor Day battlecry: Workers call to stop contractualization, low wages