Monthly Archives: July 2003

Union leaders denounce abusive practices in garments firms

Published by rudy Date posted on July 24, 2003

Union leaders of three garments firms denounced the abusive practices employed by A. Bylsons Co. Inc., Karayom Garments Manufacturing Inc. and Anvil. Workers in Anvil had accused the management of overworking them to the point of plying them with drugs so they could stay awake and work with hardly a break for up to three…

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Employers are causing UTI and kidney problems – TUCP

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2003

Companies’ failure to provide sufficient and clean rest rooms (CRs) and severe restriction on their use are resulting in an explosion of UTI and kidney problems among many workers, increasing absenteeism and jeopardizing workers’ health and productivity.

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Taytay sweatshop starts paying back wages

Published by rudy Date posted on July 19, 2003

Garments factory Anvil Ensembles has started paying its workers a settlement amount in back wages and unpaid benefits.

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Accreditation ng Anvil binawi ng GTEB

Published by rudy Date posted on July 17, 2003

Binawi ng Garments andTextile Export Board (GTEB), isang ahensiya ng Department of Trade and Industry, ang certificate of compliance ng Anvil Ensembles, sa ilalim ng re-accreditation program ng ahensiya.

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Sleepless in sweatshop

Published by rudy Date posted on July 3, 2003

Garment workers drugged to keep them awake for days IN THE UNCERTAIN world of subcontracted companies, work is normally seasonal and even then comes in fits and starts, wages below par, and working conditions hardly improved from those of a century ago.

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August 12 –
International Youth Day

“Empowering youth,
building generations!”

 

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

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

#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos

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

August –


Aug 1-7 World breastfeeding week

Aug 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Aug 12 – International youth day

Aug 19 – World humanitarian day

Aug 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

 

Monthly Observances:

Farms Safety Month 

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

 

Weekly Observances:

Aug 17-23: Made in the Philippines
Product Week
Aug 29-Sept 5: Rice and Corn Week


Daily Observances:

Aug 1: Family Planning Day 

Aug 9: National Indigenous Peoples Day 

Aug 12: International Humanitarian Law Day

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