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26 April 2019 – THESE CALL CENTERS IN GLEAMING BUILDINGS MIGHT NEED TO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE. — Let this employee of a big call center tell the story [translated from Pilipino]: I want to report this security officer in this big building in Ortigas, Pasig. In the 22 April earthquake, the emergency exit in my floor didn’t work. The guard told us to use the elevator, contrary to public reminders. [Read more.]

April 9, 2019 – WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN IN THE PHILIPPINES? “American billionaires call for upgrades to capitalism, starting with higher taxes on themselves” They sound like trade unionists!!!? Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway CEO), Jamie Dimon (J P Morgan Chase CEO), Ray Dalio (Bridgewater hedge fund founder), Bill Gates (Microsoft founder) and a list of others say that capitalism in its current form simply doesn’t work for the rest of the United States, called attention to the growing income gap, and proposed some remedies. Some of their remedies involve higher taxes for the wealthy that would not disrupt productivity, public-private partnerships, productive government spending. And, yes, they have given or have pledged to give millions for public education, philanthropic foundations. [Read more.]

27 March 2019 – SINO ANG PASAWAY? Sa Manila ‘to. The national offices of DOLE (labor ministry) and ECOP (employers federation), and many unions are here. Yet, this type of OSH violations continue. (Read more.)

13 February 2019 – INFLATION HAS SLOWED DOWN, BUT PRICES CONTINUE RISING! – Economic officials are acting as if prices paid in markets have really gone down. True, the rate of inflation went down to 4.4% in January 2019, the slowest year-on-year in the past 10 months, and economic authorities say inflation rates will go back to projected 2-4% in 2019-2020. The reality is prices continue to rise, and workers and families continue to reel from the non-stop cuts in their buying power. They could afford to buy less and less every month. [Read more.]

19 Aug 2018 – A CRUEL INFLATION ABSTRACT! – I hadn’t been to market in two weeks. I was out somewhere. I went to my suki market stall for the usual veggies and all. A woman mamimili asked for the price of ‘patola’, and exclaimed “Wow, ha!” when the seller said P50 per kilo. I smiled. Read more.

July 2, 2018 – WE BUY, THEREFORE WE KNOW PRICES HAVE RISEN! THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the prices of most goods it is monitoring have not moved since November, … [Read more.]

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NTUC PHILIPPINES AFFILIATES IDENTIFY, PLEDGE TO PUSH, WIDE-RANGING ACTIVITIES AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) AT WORK.

28 November 2018 — Participants in the National Trade Union Center (NTUC Philippines) one-day workshop on “Strengthening the Campaign for an ILO Convention and Planning Enterprise Level Campaigns on GBV in the World of Work” in Quezon City on 21 November 2018, identified and pledged to push wide-ranging activities against gender-based violence (GBV) at…

NATIONAL TRADE UNION CENTER PHILIPPINES HOLDS FOUNDING CONVENTION, GETS DOLE REGISTRATION.

Eighteen federations formed the National Trade Union Center (NTUC Philippines) on 18 August 2018.

Brother Rodolfo Capoquian was elected President. Other officers are General Secretary Roland de la Cruz, Treasurer Milagros Ogalinda, Deputy General Secretary Dave Diwa, Assistant Treasurer Jesus Exequiel (Exie) Nidea. The Chairs of the Women Committee (Sister Florencia Cabatingan) and of the Youth Committee (Brother Wilmark Ramos) were provisionally elected to the Executive Board.

HIGHER WAGES, NO MORE ENDO, MORE PARTICIPATION, NO GBV, END INEQUALITY!

15 June 2018 — “HIGHER WAGES, NO MORE ENDO, MORE PARTICIPATION, NO GBV, END INEQUALITY!” were the recurring themes in the National Trade Union Conferences on Employment Security and Constructive Industrial Relations with the theme: “Promoting Real Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, Employment and Decent Work” held in Quezon City on 9-10 May 2018 and in…

TUCP YOUTH DECLARE "JIED, THE FUTURE OF WORK WE WANT!" (Just, Inclusive, Equitable, Decent)

Dec 16, 2017 – “Just, Inclusive, Equitable, and Decent: that’s the future of work we want!” declared young workers and trade unionists at the conclusion of the TUCP National Youth Conference on 13-14 December 2017. Read more.

"WHEN DOES 'ENDO' END,
WHEN DECENT WORK?"

May 18-19, 2017 — “Enforce constitutional and labor code provisions on security of tenure; scrap D.O. 174, s.2017!” was the thundering call of some 86 union leaders, members, and workers in the National Conference on Employment Security and Constructive Industrial Relations held in Manila on 18-19 May 2017 with the theme: “Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable…

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)

March 2019 – NTUC Phl releases campaign Compendium for ITUC AP Philippine affiliates campaign against gender-based violence on the run-up to the 2019 International Labour Conference second discussion on an ILO Convention accompanied by a Recommendation.

A COMPENDIUM OF GBV MATERIALS

Deaths Continue...

Twenty workers were killed, eleven workers were injured and six missing in 15 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – April 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show.

Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four).

Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing from the earthquake-hit Chuzon supermarket in Pampanga.

An agricultural plane hit a live wire

An agricultural plane hit a live wire during an aerial spraying activity at a banana plantation in Davao del Norte on Saturday morning, killing the pilot instantaneously. – Manila Standard tweet at 3:00 pm on Sun, Apr 28, 2019

Read: https://t.co/A8dOmJLBJt https://t.co/CeV2MaY3yR
(https://twitter.com/MlaStandard/status/1122395021745909760?s=03)

Lineman sa Camarines Sur, patay

by Joviland Rita/LDF, GMA News, May 1, 2019

Patay matapos makuryente ang isang lineman ng cable TV habang nagkakabit ng linya sa Camarines Sur, ayon sa ulat ni Cecille Villarosa sa Balita Pilipinas Ngayon ng GMA News nitong Miyerkules. (more…)