August 13, 2008
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) today condemned in the highest possible terms the Mayor of Cebu City for what the labor center called as an “assault on workers and basic human rights”.
The TUCP disclosed that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, accompanied by a phalanx of bodyguards, forcibly broke up the picket line of striking workers of the Gaisano Mall South in Cebu City. Read the rest of this entry »
August 12, 2008
from The Philippine Star
The country’s largest labor group has expressed strong opposition to the planned sale of the government’s 40-percent stake in Petron Corp. Read the rest of this entry »
August 12, 2008
The country’s largest labor group has expressed strong opposition to the planned sale of the government’s 40-percent stake in Petron Corp. Read the rest of this entry »
August 11, 2008
PROTESTING workers of Gaisano Mactan temporarily lifted their labor strike before noon yesterday, following an agreement with the store management and officials of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board 7 to meet today for a dialogue. Read the rest of this entry »
August 8, 2008
GOVERNMENT agencies have been asked to look into reports that workers of Gaisano Capital South in downtown Cebu City were using children as shields during a strike protesting the department store’s allegedly unfair labor practices. Read the rest of this entry »
August 4, 2008
Mga menor-de-edad pa lang sina Ma. Jennifer Abalos, 12; Jevelyn Devara, 14; at Gessa Clemente, 13, at halos magkapareho ang kanilang hangarin na makatulong sa kanilang mga magulang at makaahon sa kahirapan. Read the rest of this entry »
August 1, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — India and China have bigger economies but the Philippines has a higher “educational density” and thus in a better position to move ahead in offshore outsourcing, according to an economics professor from Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
