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 days straight while officers and members of the Karayom union have been mounting a picket for seven months now after the management unilateraly decided to file an application for temporary closure last January 6- the same day the workers were informed of such move. Read the rest of this entry »

Companies’ failure to provide sufficient and clean rest rooms (CRs) and severe restriction on their use are resulting in an explosion of UTI and kidney problems among many workers, increasing absenteeism and jeopardizing workers’ health and productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

Garments factory Anvil Ensembles has started paying its workers a settlement amount in back wages and unpaid benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »