Anti-‘endo’ bill up for Duterte’s signature after House adopts Senate version

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 10:55:22 +0000

THE ban against contractualization will soon become law once President Rodrigo Duterte affixes his signature to the Senate bill, which the House of Representatives formally adopted on Tuesday. The House…READ

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Influx of Chinese workers, ‘endo’ decried at Labor Day rally

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 06:20:33 +0000

As the nation marks Labor Day, militant and labor groups converged at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila on Wednesday to stage a protest action against the government and contractualization.

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Bello to Jollibee: Up your ante, regularize more workers

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:02:14 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday asked Jollibee Foods Corp. to regularize more workers as he was unimpressed with the fast food giant’s regularization program.

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PNR spox says regularization of agency’s workers may take 2 years

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:10:18 +0000

PNR Management Spokesperson Jo Geronimo explained that it would take two years to regularize its “job order” or contractual workers.

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After NutriAsia violent dispersal, CHR appeals to cops for tolerance

Militants on NutriAsia violent dispersal

Following the violent dispersal of picketing workers at the NutriAsia plant in Bulacan and their supporters last Monday, the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) reminded police and security personnel on Wednesday to observe maximum tolerance in dealing with protesters.

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After NutriAsia violent dispersal, CHR appeals to cops for maximum tolerance

Militants on NutriAsia violent dispersal

Following the violent dispersal of picketing workers at the NutriAsia plant in Bulacan and their supporters last Monday, the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) reminded police and security personnel on Wednesday to observe maximum tolerance in dealing with protesters.

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Labor expectation in Sona: Hope

A moderate federation of labor unions said it was expecting President Rodrigo Duterte to reveal plans to stem the rising prices of good and services, end labor-only contracting and raise workers’ wages in his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday.

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‘Endo’ bill will stop abuses, says Villanueva

The proposed Senate bill on labor contracting is intended to protect against abusive practices of employers and does not ban all kinds of contracting, according to Sen. Joel Villanueva, the measure’s main proponent.

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