December 1, 2010: Manila, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions (ALU), the Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) asked Canada to close Jeffrey asbestos mine in Quebec in a protest around the Canadian Embassy in Manila in 25 November 2010.
ALU, BWI and TUCP condemned the planned opening of an underground mine in Quebec. Bankrupt Jeffrey Mine got a new lease of life when an anonymous consortium of Indian investors agreed to inject fresh capital into its operations. The new mine can export 200,000 tons of asbestos per year for the next 25 to 50 years to developing countries mostly in Asia including the Philippines.
The protest was in response to the Embassy for not meeting the labor groups twice in a row this year. The Canadian Embassy declined to meet the labor groups for the handover of the trade union statement pushing for asbestos ban and urging Canada to stop mining and exporting asbestos during the April 28 International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD). The Embassy completely ignored the request during the October 7 World Day for Decent Work despite repeated follow ups.
This was part of a bigger protest in Makati’s Ayala Avenue – the main thoroughfare in the country’s financial district – about job contractualization and outsourcing in support of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA). 2,600 PALEA members stand to lose their jobs as the labor department affirmed PAL’s decision to outsource its non-core services. Some 2,500 from PALEA, ALU, TUCP and various labor groups joined the protest.
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
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!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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