Labor groups expressed worry that the recent decision of the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss local officials does not hold national officials accountable over the slipper factory fire in Valenzuela City last year.
Women workers picketed the Labor Department’s main office in Intramuros, Manila on Friday, March 4 to press for maternity leave for all workers, which they say can only be possible if contractualization is stopped as an employment scheme.
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill declaring Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official language of government in all transactions involving the deaf, and mandating its use in all public schools, broadcast media, and workplaces.
A militant labor group said the death of four miners in a tunnel in gold-rich Mt. Diwata in Compostela Valley is a result of grave violations of safety standards in the workplace.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Davao Region will inspect establishments here to know whether they comply with the country’s fire safety law.
The Gabriela Women’s Party on Monday, February 29, condemned the death of an infant who died during labor after the baby’s mother was reportedly denied admission to a private hospital because of her inability to shoulder the bills.
Business representatives from Lahad Datu of Tawau in Sabah joined the dialogue for potential business trade venture held recently at the Marco Polo hotel here in Davao City.
Environmental and church groups from Metro Manila started a two-day solidarity mission today, February 26 to document the social and environmental effects of large scale mining in Sta. Cruz Zambales.
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights in the country has criticized the Japanese company Asahi Flat Glass Philippines for alleged union-busting after it retrenched 44 workers including union officials, while the collective bargaining negotiations are ongoing.
One of the strongholds of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) now houses hundreds of families affected by the government military operations against a breakaway unit of the MILF in Lanao del Sur.
