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24 July 2025 – Increase productivity instead of controlling wages: “In the current debate on increasing the minimum wage, many in the business world contend that the Philippines must keep wages low in order to remain globally competitive. This is a nearsighted and obviously erroneous methodology which will keep the Philippines from becoming an industrialized nation.”

30 June 2025 – NTUC Phl Statement on NCR’s P50 minimum wage increase

30 May 2025 – Why women are 3 times more likely than men to lose jobs to AI, as per ILO study

17 Apr 2025 – Inflation still most urgent issue for Filipinos – Pulse Asia

22 Mar 2025/Jan 9 – “Only three jobs will survive AI”: Bill Gates paints a grim picture for the future of work

7 Mar 2025 – PhilHealth eyes lower out-of-pocket expenses
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NTUC Phl News

  • 19 July 2025 – Eight participants (six women) completed the challenging 11-Saturday 4th Cluster learning course (CLiCK 4) conducted by the NTUC Phl Leadership Institute (LEADNtI). They join 30 other graduates (53 starters) from CLiCks 1 (2023) to 3 (2024). NTUC CLiCK’s training for women and young workers for leadership uses improved modules from CLiCks 1 to 3 and the ITUC AP/DGB BW/ATUC leadership modules and mentoring manuals. The in-person course took place at the ObreNa Center in Quezon City. The teaching team, led by President Jhing Ogalinda, comes from NTUC Phl. Participating federations fully supported the program and participants’ expenses. The next CLiCK starts in March 2026.
  • 2 May 2025 – NTUC Phl held a Joint celebration of International Safety Day (April 28) and Labor Day (May 1), on 28 April 2024, online, from Quezon City. The celebration revolved around the theme “We are all injured: we are dying, slowly”. Some 75 trade union officers connected from different places in the country.
  • 1 Apr 2025 – Some 60 union officers (38 women, 17 men, 13 youth) coming from NTUC Phl affiliates from various parts of the country conducted a Blended Celebration of Women’s Month with the theme “Collective Bargaining for Women and Youth Issues” today. Resource persons gave updates on the status of the implementation of ILO Convention No. 190 (BWSC/DOLE OIC Director); an “Orientation on ILO C190 and Prospects on its application in CBAs and other enterprise documents” (NTUC Phl DGS); and “ Negotiating a company policy on VnH (violence and harassment)” (NTUC Phl HGS).
  • 22 March 2025 – Nine participants (seven women, two men, 3 youth) started the 11-Saturday 4th Cluster learning course (CLiCK 4) conducted by the NTUC Phl Leadership Institute (LEADNtI). NTUC CLiCK’s training for women and young workers for leadership uses improved modules from CLiCk 1 (2023), CLiCk 2 (2024), CLiCk 3 (2024) and the ITUC AP/DGB BW/ATUC leadership modules and mentoring manuals. The in-person course takes place at the ObreNa Center in Quezon City. The teaching team, led by President Jhing Ogalinda, comes from NTUC Phl. Participating federations fully support the program and participants’ expenses. The three CLiCK programs have produced 30 graduates (out of 44 starters). The graduates have stated their CLiCk network.
  • 15 Dec 2024 – Nine participants (seven women) hugged their framed certificates in their graduation from the challenging 11-Saturday 3rd Cluster learning course (CLiCK 3) conducted by the NTUC Phl Leadership Institute (LEADNtI). They were joined in celebration on Dec 15 by graduates from the first two CLiCks in 2023 and 2024. NTUC CLiCK’s training for women and young workers for leadership uses improved modules from CLiCks 1 and 2 and the ITUC AP/DGB BW/ATUC leadership modules and mentoring manuals. The in-person course took place at the ObreNa Center in Quezon City. The teaching team, led by President Jhing Ogalinda, comes from NTUC Phl. Participating federations fully supported the program and participants’ expenses. There are now a total of 30 graduates (from 44 starters) of the three CLiCk courses. The next CLiCK starts in March 2025.
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Federation Developments

NTUC Phl Statements

  • 15 July 2025 – FARMERS AND WORKERS GROUPS URGE PBBM TO RESIST TRUMP’S BULLYING TACTICS A coalition of farmers and workers’ groups called on President Marcos, Jr. to take a firm stand against what it called “the unfriendly and bullying tactics of the United States – a supposedly close friend and ally – under President Trump”.
  • 30 June 2025 – NTUC Phl Statement on NCR’s P50 minimum wage increase
  • The updated NTUC Phl statements are posted in the Ntuc Phl facebook.
  • 30 June 2023 – NTUC Phl on minimum wages and living wages

Trends

  • 24 July 2025 – US tariff impact on Philippines growth minimal – DEPDev
  • 28 June 2025 – Over 13,000 file cases vs online lending apps
  • 11 Apr 2025 – Creation of jobs still top issue for voters – SWS
  • 7 Mar 2025 – Jobless rate rises to 4.3%, highest in six months
  • 12 Jan 2025 – 68% of PH workers need to upskill, says WEF study
  • 22 Dec 2024 – Group hits ‘glaring anomalies in 2025 budget’
  • 21 Dec 2024 – Civil society hits PhilHealth’s ‘do nothing’ budget
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35% of women – 818 million women globally – over the age of 15 have experienced sexual or physical violence at home, in their communities or in the workplace. (Source: World Health Organisation)

  • 13 June 2025 – The Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190 (2019) has been ratified by 50 countries so far.
  • ILO Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment at Work
  • ILO R206 – Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206)

Violence and harassment in the world of work

  • Negotiating VnH provisions in CBAs
  • NTUC Phl Actions for Implementing ILO C190 in the working world
  • UNSW GVRN ITUC AP Philippine Unions Online Survey on Domestic Violence
  • A Compendium of Materials for the Campaign Against Gender-based Violence in the Philippines

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Wages and Salaries

Kalakaran sa Call Center Workplace

  • 1 Jul 2025 – Will AI kill our BPOs? 
  • 26 Mar 2025 – This company is using AI to give people American-sounding accents
  • 27 Mar 2025 – Agent AI Is Exploding in Contact Centers—Yet the Human Experience Remains Irreplaceable
  • 31 Jan 2025 – Call Center AI Market to Grow by USD 4.3 Billion (2024-2028), Rising Adoption of Cloud-Based Call Centers Boosting Growth, with AI Impacting Market Trends – Technavio
  • 30 Dec 2024 – Is AI Making Call Center Agents Better Or Replacing Them?
  • 27 Dec 2024 – 5 Funny Contact Center Stories We Found on Reddit
  • Attention Call Center Agents

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Report corrupt and inefficient government employees through:
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Sept 5 – Oct 5
National Teachers Month

“Pay teachers decent wages,
Pay attention to teachers!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.

Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos

#Coronavirus in Phl

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

September


Monthly Observances:

Health, Safety, and Sanitation Month
Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month

National Peace Consciousness Month

Social Security Month

Rule of Law Month

National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 5)

 

Weekly Observances:

Sept 17 – 23:

World Clean and Green Week

Week 2: Education Week

Week 4: Medicine Week

Last Week: Family Week


Daily Observances:

Third Saturday: International Coastal Clean-up Day

Third Monday: World Health Day

Last Friday: National Maritime Day

Sept 8: National Literacy Day

Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day

Trade Union Solidarity Campaigns

  • 12 June 2024 – Global unions urge ILO to invoke Article 33 on Myanmar
  • 14 Sept 2022 – IUF — Myanmar : URGENT ACTION to stop military junta
  • 13 Dec 2021 – Indian farmers end yearlong protests as government caves in
  • Act NOW! – LabourStart

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No to Trafficking

  • 28 June 2025 – UN exposes Cambodia as hub of transnational human trafficking and online scam operations
  • 27 May 2025 – Human Trafficking for Forced Labour in Supply Chains: What You Need to Know
  • 22 Apr 2025 – Scam Industry In Asia Spreading Globally, Warns UN – Bernama
  • 31 Mar 2025 – 54 Myanmar repatriates suspected of backdoor exit; Viado calls for stronger security, legal action
  • 24 Feb 2025 – 20 face human trafficking charges after Parañaque Pogo hub raid
  • 24 Jan 2025 – SC: Child recruitment for exploitation is trafficking
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Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

  • To ace your next interview for a management position, be ready to answer these 10 questions
  • 30 Mar 2021 – DOLE to hire displaced workers as contact tracers
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