Platform workers

16 Jun 2026 – ITUC-Asia Pacific welcomes the historic adoption of ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy

Published by rudy Date posted on August 5, 2026

16 Jun 2026

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21 Jan 2023 – SC orders Lazada: Reinstate illegally dismissed riders, provide backwages

Published by rudy Date posted on January 22, 2023

SC orders Lazada: Reinstate illegally dismissed riders, provide backwages James Relativo – Philstar.com January 21, 2023 | 12:26pm MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court ordered Lazada to reinstate five of their “illegally dismissed” riders after the High Court ruled that the laborers were actually regular workers — thus entitling them to backwages and benefits. In…

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6 Sept 2021 – A platform shopper’s tale They could barely meet their needs. The woman manages the household, with their three children. The man was the ‘provider’, she said, a freelance ‘visual artist ‘making do with contracts for restoration of paintings. No SSS, no other benefits, nothing. Then came Covid-19 of immeasurable pain and suffering.

Published by rudy Date posted on September 6, 2021

6 Sept 2021 – A platform shopper’s tale They could barely meet their needs. The woman manages the household, with their three children. The man was the ‘provider’, she said, a freelance ‘visual artist ‘making do with contracts for restoration of paintings. No SSS, no other benefits, nothing. Then came Covid-19 of immeasurable pain and…

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The platform economy and social law: Key issues in comparative perspective

Published by rudy Date posted on September 3, 2019

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Workers of the Internet unite? Online freelancer organisation among remote gig economy workers in six Asian and African countries

Published by rudy Date posted on July 10, 2019

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Will trade unions survive in the platform economy? Emerging patterns of platform workers’ collective voice and representation in Europe

Published by rudy Date posted on September 3, 2018

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August 12 –
International Youth Day

“Empowering youth,
building generations!”

 

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.

Accept the National Unity Government (NUG) 
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

August –


Aug 1-7 World breastfeeding week

Aug 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Aug 12 – International youth day

Aug 19 – World humanitarian day

Aug 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

 

Monthly Observances:

Farms Safety Month 

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

 

Weekly Observances:

Aug 17-23: Made in the Philippines
Product Week
Aug 29-Sept 5: Rice and Corn Week


Daily Observances:

Aug 1: Family Planning Day 

Aug 9: National Indigenous Peoples Day 

Aug 12: International Humanitarian Law Day

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