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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…

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

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.

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.

Report No. 332, LXXXVI, 2003, Series B, No. 3, Case No. 1826 Effect given to the Recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body Introduction Case No. 1826 (Philippines) 128. When it last examined this case in March 2003, which concerns lengthy delays and several postponements of a trade union certification election (first requested in…

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has created a study group that will look into the possibility of permanently banning the use of asbestos as a component of construction materials.

Trade Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare Adrian Cristobal Jr. declared the other day that he “will take steps to order the removal of products from the market once we have established the clear connection between asbestos-containing products with lung cancer and asbestosis.”

The influential United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) has urged all its 12,000 strong members and all sectors to find and use “viable alternative construction materials and products — if the use of asbestors and asbestos-containing materials cannot be made safe.”

An influential sector of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) described the health risks posed by asbestos “a very serious matter,” and thus called for an equally serious discussion on the issue among their fellow architects.

The main symptoms of asbestos-related diseases include shortness of breath, coughing, chest pains and nail abnormalities, such as ridges or white streaks developing on finger and toe nails.

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LOS ANGELES – Sergio Ruiz Nuñez is a lonely man. Remembering his wife and daughter left behind in Mexico City a year ago, his chest starts to heave. He cannot speak. To hide the water welling up in the corners of his eyes, he turns away.