27 Mar 2021 – NTUC Phl affiliates are keeping trade unionism  alive despite the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and quarantines. Affiliates Obrero, HEAL Phils, PLTIU, PACIWU, NUBE, PFL, NLU, NATOW have reported to have reached collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), or about to sign agreements, after online or limited face-to-face negotiations, in manufacturing, hospital, bus transportation, electricity, banking, insurance, schools, other enterprises. Negotiations with gaming companies are about to start.  This is remarkable given that there have been few CBAs that have been concluded since March 2020. With operating difficulties, agreements have not been as good as in the past 10 years. A number of CBAs have been extended without improved economic provisions. 

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