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Mar 3, 2024 – Big business in education
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Date posted on March 3, 2024
Feb 28, 2024 – ‘The P100 plus per day minimum wage rate?’
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Date posted on March 1, 2024
24 Jan 2024 – Root of poverty: Dynasties or economic restrictions?
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Date posted on January 27, 2024
20 Jan 2024 – What is the Progressive Wage Model and is it better than a minimum wage?
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Date posted on January 20, 2024
What is the Progressive Wage Model and is it better than a minimum wage? Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore from Global-is-Asian 2020 issue by Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore The issue of a minimum wage has been thrust into the spotlight recently in…
14 Dec 2023 – ‘Weak tea’: Climate scientists push back against COP28 cheer
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Date posted on December 15, 2023
15 Dec 2023 – COP28: Progress for a just transition but big gaps remain
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Date posted on December 15, 2023
COP28: Progress for a just transition but big gaps remain The ITUC welcomes the inclusion of references to labour rights and social protection in the Just Transition Work Programme adopted at the COP28 climate talks and recognition of the continuing work undertaken by trade unions around the world to tackle climate change. Nevertheless, the absence…
4 Nov 2023 – New field study finds AI will not put people out of work The technology will transform the employment sector but will likely leave few workers behind.
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Date posted on November 9, 2023
New field study finds AI will not put people out of work The technology will transform the employment sector but will likely leave few workers behind. Loukia Papadopoulos Published: Nov 04, 2023 02:11 PM EST AI-powered automation has the ability to take over routine, repetitive, and manual processes. Consequently, employment in sectors such as manufacturing, data…
28 Oct 2023 – Humanity Is Close To Multiple Environmental Tipping Points
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Date posted on October 29, 2023
21 Sept 2023 – 85.95% of LGUs complete climate change plans
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Date posted on September 22, 2023
18 Aug 2023 – More Pinoys saddled with debt, says survey
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Date posted on August 20, 2023
4 Jul 2023 – Climate change spells ‘terrifying’ future — UN rights chief
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Date posted on July 5, 2023
30 June 2023 – NTUC Phl on minimum wages and living wages
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Date posted on June 30, 2023
Position on NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGES National Trade Union Center (NTUC Phl)
1 June 2023 – 1.5C of warming is too hot for a just world — study
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Date posted on June 5, 2023
26 May 2023- Joblessness down, but still above pre-pandemic levels – SWS
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Date posted on May 27, 2023
27 April 2023 – JV: Health laws still ‘works in progress’
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Date posted on May 5, 2023
20 Mar 2023 – World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says (Washington Post)
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Date posted on March 29, 2023
8 Mar 2023 – 8 money challenges for women (Attention: men/women/family/employers/society)
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Date posted on March 8, 2023
31 Jan 2023 – EO signed to adopt Philippine Development Plan
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Date posted on February 1, 2023
29 Dec 2022 – Addressing income inequality
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Date posted on December 31, 2022
15 Nov 2022 – 2023 will be the year of aftershocks and unpredictability
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Date posted on November 22, 2022
26 Oct 2022 – Climate change economic damage may hit 7.6% of 2030 GDP
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Date posted on November 2, 2022
2 Oct 2022 – Give cash to the poor, and they’ll squander it? This Nobel laureate has a different opinion
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Date posted on October 2, 2022
Would someone without enough to eat buy a television instead of more food? Yes, and economist Esther Duflo explains why.
8 Sept 2022 – Unemployment rate down but underemployment up in July
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Date posted on September 10, 2022
27 Aug 2022 – Women getting less complex, lower paying digital jobs – PIDS
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Date posted on August 28, 2022
12 July 2022 – Filipinos want Marcos gov’t to tame inflation first, boost wages — Pulse
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Date posted on July 13, 2022
Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com July 12, 2022 | 2:39pm MANILA, Philippines — Amid harsh economic conditions, majority of Filipinos want the Marcos administration to prioritize taming inflation and boosting wages, according to a new Pulse Asia survey released Tuesday. Results of a nationwide poll of 1,200 adults conducted from June 24 to 27 showed 57% of…
28 June 2022 – World unions report ‘record’ level of labor abuses
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Date posted on June 29, 2022
Agence France-Presse June 28, 2022 | 7:08pm PARIS — Workers faced record abuse of their labor rights in the past year, from union bans to violence and murder, the International Trade Union Confederation said on Tuesday. Physical violence was reported in 50 of 148 countries covered in the group’s Global Rights Index between April 2021…
17 May 2022 – EDITORIAL – Workers and micro enterprises
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Date posted on May 17, 2022
Philippine Star – May 17, 2022 | 12:00am Happy employees are generally more productive. Keeping employees happy through proper compensation, however, depends on the capacity of the employer to pay and the viability of the business. After two years of pandemic lockdowns, most businesses are still struggling to get back on their feet, and are…
2 Apr 2022 – Women still bear brunt of unpaid care work – study
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Date posted on April 2, 2022
Rhodina Cabrera – The Philippine Star April 2, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The non-government group Oxfam Pilipinas has commissioned a study that showed that Filipino women are still bearing the brunt of unpaid care work, resulting in many of them juggling full-time work and a “second shift” at home tending to backbreaking household…
24 Feb 2022 – NTUC Phl picks LENI and KIKO as its presidential and vice presidential bets.
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Date posted on February 25, 2022
In its meeting on 23 February, the NTUC Phl General Council picked LENI ROBREDO and KIKO PANGILINAN as its candidates for president and vice president in the May 2022 elections. The criteria for selection: committed to our labor agenda; track record of supporting labor, trade unions, farmers, educators, sectors, and advocacies; COVID-19 response; human rights…
19 Jan 2022 – Millionaires join non-profits in call for wealth tax
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Date posted on February 14, 2022
Philstar.com, January 19, 2022 PARIS — A wealth tax on the world’s richest people could raise at least $2.52 trillion per year, enough to fund COVID vaccines for everyone and lift billions out of poverty, groups including non-profits and millionaires said Wednesday. The proposal from a network of NGOs, social movements and pro-tax millionaires follows…