10 December 2010: Manila, Philippines – Five levels below the ground. It was not a bomb shelter. The messengers were not carrying a bomb although their message was to defuse a different kind of bomb. It was the receiving section of the Canadian Embassy. Or so it was said.

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.

TUCP and its affiliates join the tree planting activity spearheaded by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) in celebration of the 21st National Statistics Month on October 27, 2010 at Brgy. Hacienda Dolores, Porac Pampanga.

Manila (25 January 2010) – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) vowed to continue its services on Reproductive Health (RH) and Family Planning to all its union members and non-union members at the workplace .

On 07 October 2010, World Day for Decent Work, Philippine unions pledged to take three priority actions –(a) implementing and monitoring productivity programs at the enterprise level, (b) campaign for living wage in partnership with global union federations and other like-minded organizations, and (c) FP/RH and HIV and AIDS education at the workplace –as workers’…

Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) rejoins TUCP. PALEA President Gerry Rivera explains the origins of and developments in the long-running PALEA labor dispute with Philippine Airlines during the TUCP General Council meeting on 5 October 2010.  TUCP affiliates pledged support for PALEA’s struggle which would have long-term implications on outsourcing of the work of regular…

Asbestos ban bills The call to pass the bill banning asbestos at the Senate took center stage with the setting up of an email campaign urging the Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce to hold meetings and consultations. Union members and supporters of the ban can send emails to Senator Manny Villar as the Committee…

“Domestic workers are an important component of the workforce and of the economy. They have legitimate issues, needs and rights under existing laws and regulations,” stressed some 25 trade union leaders and advocates from some 20 unions and associations of household workers in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao who participated in the two-day National Trade Union…

By: Fryan E. Abkilan Surigao del Norte (28 May) – A national workshop for green jobs and decent work was successfully held in Bacolod City recently. Organized by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) with support from Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF), the activity documented information on workplace and community-based green jobs and…

Manila, Philippines – “The Ambassador has other commitments throughout that day and he will not be able to attend the event or meet with your representatives. He sends his regrets,” was the reply of the Embassy of Canada on the letter of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Associated Labor Unions (ALU) and…

CEBU, Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Partylist Rep. Raymond Mendoza yesterday said their concerns are not only the issues related to labor, but also the need to improve the health services to the people in the barangays.

“Work without respect for trade union rights is never decent,” young workers stressed during the two-day TUCP/ITUC-AP-supported National Youth Conference/Workshop for Decent Work under Global Crisis in March 12-13, 2010 at Kimberly Hotel, Tagaytay City.

DAVAO CITY (22 February) -Thirty trade union leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao completed recently the National Workshop on Productivity and Labor Management Cooperation (LMC), focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Collective Bargaining.

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Manila (25 January 2010) – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) vowed to continue its services on Reproductive Health (RH) and Family Planning to all its union members and non-union members at the workplace .

07 October 2009 –In two-separate meetings, TUCP Vice President Alejandro C. Villaviza, TUCP Party-List Representative Raymond Mendoza, and TUCP Officers handed over the World Day for Decent Work Call to Action for Decent Work, Decent Life! to DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque and PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima. The WDDW Call to Action highlights eight…

December 14, 2009, Quezon City — Some 25 youth, women and informal workers, union organizers and activists from three (3) trade union organizations (TUCP, FFW and APL), Informal Sector Coalition of the Philippines (ISP) and Youth for Empowerment and Solidarity (YES) and local unions with domestic workers segments in Luzon and selected regions in Visayas…

December 23, 2009, Quezon City –Two Capacity-Building programs on Labor Standards Enforcement Framework (LSEF) and Core Labor Standards were held on 10-12 December and 21-22 December 2009.

Some 25 trade union leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao participated in a two-day JILAF-sponsored National Workshop on Global Financial Crisis: It’s Impact on Employment and Productivity on October 16-17, 2009, in Cebu City.

Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) in cooperation with Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) conducted the “National Workshop on Development of Productivity and Labor Management Cooperation Manual on October 12-15, 2009, in Cebu City.

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Asbestos kills and you and your family are in danger! Unseen asbestos fibers penetrate deep into the lungs when inhaled, causing incurable and deadly diseases. Fibers come from asbestos products in houses, buildings, workplaces and materials used as roofing felts, cement roofing and flat sheets and plywood substitutes, among other things. There were people with…

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08 October 2009, ADB –Philippine ITUC-AP affiliates, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and Federation of Free Workers (FFW) handed over the WDDW Call to Action for Decent Work, Decent Life and the ITUC- Statement “Re-balancing Growth through Decent Work” to the Asian Development Bank represented by Mr. Bart Édes, Director on Poverty…