AN increasing number of multinational companies are now abiding by the government’s implementation of protecting rights of workers to decent working condition, security of tenure through a labor rule that stops contractual work terms of six months less. Read the rest of this entry »
DOLE’s drive vs workers’ ‘contractualization’ boosted with MNCs support: Baldoz
April 16, 2012
Bus firms start paying drivers salaries
January 6, 2012
Effective January 16, all bus drivers particularly in Metro Manila will receive a fix salary. Read the rest of this entry »
Fixed wages for drivers endorsed
November 20, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada yesterday said he is supporting the provision of fixed monthly salaries for bus drivers and conductors, noting that the new system upholds the rights of workers to decent wage conditions and promotes road safety for commuters. Read the rest of this entry »
DoLE, bus operators, drivers vow to promote public transport safety
November 17, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and its tripartite partners in the bus transport industry have pledged to implement measures in promoting public transport safety. Read the rest of this entry »
Bus operators buck pay plan for drivers
November 14, 2011
SOME bus operators and drivers are questioning the move of the Department of Labor and Employment to revamp the compensation system for bus drivers in an effort to boost public transport safety. Read the rest of this entry »
Multisectoral group setting driver’s pay
November 12, 2011
WAGES of bus drivers must be based on part-fixed and part-performance instead of purely commission basis, the Metro Manila Development said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Govt allays fears of metro bus shortage
November 11, 2011
THE government on Thursday allayed fear of a bus shortage on the major highway, especially during rush hours following the suspension of 672 city buses and the cancellation of 129-bus fleet of singer-businesswoman Claire de la Fuente to operate along Edsa. Read the rest of this entry »
LPG do’s and don’ts
November 4, 2011
There are many ways for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to leak out of tanks, almost all of them the result of procedural shortcuts and inappropriate use of materials. Read the rest of this entry »
A transportation, not a traffic crisis
November 1, 2011
Last week was good for someone like me, who is both an academic and practitioner in the field of governance. It was a week of learning from experiences all over the world in the area of urban development and transportation. This was because of three visitors from the United States of America—Benjamin de la Peña and Amira Ibrahim of Rockefeller Foundation (a US based philanthropic organization that supports work that expands opportunity and strengthens resilience to social, economic, health and environmental challenges) and Susan Zielenski, the Managing Director of SMART (Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation), a project of the Transportation Research Institute and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the University of Michigan. They were here as partners of the Ateneo School of Government which is undertaking a study on transportation and mobility in Metro Manila. Read the rest of this entry »
MMDA: New Palace-created body to deal with transport strikes
September 24, 2011
An inter-agency body has been created by President Benigno Aquino III to deal with transport strikes and mass actions, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has said. Read the rest of this entry »
