Archive for May, 2007

Workers reject wage hikes through regional boards

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe via email. Thanks for visiting!Workers in the National Capital Region will not go to regional wage boards for pay hikes as the Department of Labor and Employment suggested.
What workers need now is an across the board wage increase that would help close the gap between [...]

FDC sees no light ahead with ADB’s power privatization program

“ADB’s power privatization program will only lure us deeper into total darkness!” cried Freedom from Debt Coalition as it held a demonstration before the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) main office in ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, while lugging a huge, black light bulb to symbolize the country’s bleak future if high power rates imposed upon, and [...]

Labor group hits GMA’s Labor Day pronouncements

The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) welcomes the 40 billion pesos worth of workers’ benefits announced by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday but criticized her lack of substantial policy pronouncements on the workers’ demands for full employment that would generate sustainable jobs, for a living wage and for the provision of solid guarantees for workers and [...]