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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines now plays a key role in setting global labor standards as it officially assumed the chairmanship of the International Labor Organization (ILO) government group.

by Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Agricultural workers have filed a formal complaint at the International Labor Organization (ILO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland against labor rights violations allegedly committed by the Duterte administration since 2016.

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(Last of two parts) THE Philippines has assured the International Labor Organization (ILO) that cases concerning alleged harassment and assassination of labor leaders and trade union activists will be rapidly investigated and resolved.

EMERGENCY measures invoked by the military and police in the name of national security should not prevent trade unions from exercising legitimate rights and activities, including strikes.

At the end of its investigative visit, the high-level fact-finding mission of the International Labor Organization did not accuse the Arroyo Administration of doing what militant labor and political groups have been claiming. The ILO probers did not say in the statement they issued on Thursday that they had found the government to have grossly…

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) A high-level team from the International Labor Organization heard on Wednesday complaints and testimonies about murders of trade union leaders and labor rights advocates, as well as violations of workers’ rights in the country straight from about 30 workers’ groups.

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is getting behind the high-level mission sent by the International Labor Organization (ILO) to Manila to investigate widespread complaints of violations of the rights of Filipino workers to freely organize themselves. We are absolutely supportive of the mission. We are hopeful that their findings and recommendations will…

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has assured the International Labor Organization (ILO) that the government will cooperate in the probe into the killing of 92 labor union leaders.

MANILA, Philippines – Investigators from the International Labor Organization (ILO) are arriving in the next two weeks to look into the killing of 92 labor union leaders.

MANILA, Philippines—The high-level mission of the International Labour Organisation due to arrive on September 22 should investigate violations of the right to unionize at the export zones and industrial estates, Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers’ Party) said Wednesday.