A worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warn. (Loic VENANCE / AFP) DOHA, Qatar -- Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming...
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources has “approved in principle” the bill seeking for a P150 across-the-board wage increase for all private sector workers in the country. The panel, which is headed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, will now discuss the proposed...
The Pasig City local government convened its newly-established Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) to better serve and cater to the socio-economic interests of the city’s bustling industry sector. The TIPC’s session on Thursday, May 4, was attended by City Councilors Simon Romulo Tantoco...
The “Kadiwa ng Pangulo para sa Manggagawa”, a farm-to-consumer market chain of the national government, has generated over P6.4 million in sales across the country during the celebration of Labor Day, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Thursday, May 4. The DOLE has put...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A total of 135 jobseekers composed of 67 males and 68 females were hired on the spot during the job fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 10 in this city on Labor Day. A REPRESENTATIVE from a certain company accommodates a jobseeker in her...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A labor group in Northern Mindanao plans to file another wage increase petition as last year’s was not "sufficient to give the workers a life of dignity" due to inflation. A WORKERS’ union marches on Don Apolinar Velez St. on Labor Day as part of the Associated Labor...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), other national government agencies, and the city government distributed assistance and salaries to nearly 10,000 workers totaling P44.5 million on Labor Day here. MAYOR John Dalipe addresses Labor Day program in Zamboanga City....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Almost 4,000 vacancies were available in a job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment on Labor Day in a mall here. HUNDREDS of jobseekers participate in a job fair organized by the DOLE regional office and the city government in mall in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 1, renewed his commitment to pushing for legislation that would protect and advance the interests of workers across the country, particularly with regard to the pressing need for a wage hike. “This Labor Day, I join all our workers in fighting...
In celebration of Labor Day, May 1, the Marikina City local government opened two separate job fairs at the Marikina City Hall and SM Marikina. According to Marikina City Representative Marjorie Ann “Maan” Teodoro, a total of 15 companies took part in the job fair conducted at the quadrangle of...
Labor and cause-oriented groups led by the Akbayan Party called for livable wages and rejected charter change on Labor Day, Monday, May 1. "Living Wage, Not Charter Change. This was the call of the Akbayan Party amid the government's failure to curb rising inflation, which it said is undermining the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) released P69 million for various livelihood projects across Western Visayas region on Labor Day. DOLE-6 released livelihood aid to selected beneficiaries from Western Visayas as part of the Labor Day...
