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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod. A report said this was due to his alleged failure to put a stop to several labor strikes. Duterte made the announcement as he spoke to rebel-returnees in Catarman on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Maglunsod was one of several leftists Duterte included in his Cabinet.
by Douglas Gillison Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Online retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday it would raise its starting wage for US workers to $15 an hour, amid long-standing criticism of low pay, and would advocate for a higher minimum wage nationwide. The pay raise will apply to 250,000 employees starting November 1 and to the more than 100,000 seasonal workers the company expects to hire for the holiday shopping season, it […]
Poland, whose right-wing government opposes taking in migrants, may have to look to Filipino workers to cover a growing labor shortage hurting the economy, a senior official said Saturday. “We are on course to conclude an agreement. I hope that in the autumn we will be able to at least sign a preliminary accord” with the Philippine authorities, Deputy Labor Minister Stanislaw Szwed said according to a PAP news agency report. Szwed noted that Poland and […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — A Kuwaiti social media star remained unapologetic Monday over comments she made against new laws aimed at improving conditions for Filipino domestic workers, despite a backlash on the internet. Sondo al-Qattan faces criticism for a video posted on July 10 to Instagram, where she has 2.3 million followers, in which she attacked measures introduced in May that grant Filipinas working in the oil-rich Gulf state one day off per […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)–With its dystopian story of racial exploitation behind the veneer of modern America, “Sorry to Bother You,” the first movie by the rapper Boots Riley, is showing the fresh vitality in African American cinema. The movie, which hits US theaters on Friday, comes a year after the runaway success of “Get Out,” the first feature film by Jordan Peele about a town of wealthy white people […]
(Eagle News)—–Several labor groups called for an end to contractualization on Labor Day. The groups made the move following what they said was the government’s failure to address the issue even when it was one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promises. On Labor Day, though, President Duterte signed an executive order strengthening the rights of workers to security of tenure, and putting an end to illegal contractualization, among others. He said this was what he […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Thousands of Zimbabwe nurses who were sacked after they went on strike for better wages have been told to return to work by their union, in a bid to allow fresh negotiations with the government. Some 15,000 nurses fighting for better work conditions walked out of public hospital wards last Monday, paralyzing major hospitals resulting in patients being turned away. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, dismissed them a day after, accusing them of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer sign an executive order that will end contractualization, the Palace said on Thursday, April 19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President was adopting Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s position that the matter be left up to Congress instead. Labor groups waiting for the EO to be signed have threatened to hold protests on Labor Day. Earlier, Roque said the President wanted an EO that would […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Kuwait will recruit Ethiopian nationals to make up for a “deficit” in domestic workers, authorities said Tuesday, following the grisly murder of a Filipina maid in the Gulf state. The Philippines banned its citizens from working in Kuwait after the body of 29-year-old Joanna Demafelis was found in a freezer earlier this year, bearing signs of torture. “We aim to open the door to the recruitment of Ethiopian workers to fill the deficit of domestic servants and reduce […]
by Adam Plowright and Joseph Schmid © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French state railway operator SNCF warned Sunday of major disruption caused by strikes this week that analysts say will be a major test of how much weight the country’s once fearsome trade unions still carry. Train drivers and other staff are set to walk off the job from Monday night at the start of three months of planned stoppages against reform plans […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday has finalized the country’s demands for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait. The President said he wanted the bilateral deal that Philippines and Kuwait will sign to be a “government-to-government“ contract. The Chief Executive also demanded that the agreement should include some mandatory provisions like allowing OFWs to sleep at least seven hours a day and that they should “be fed with nutritious food.” […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine and Kuwaiti governments will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this month. “In two weeks, the panels agreed to have the signing most likely in Kuwait,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in an interview on Friday, March 16. Bello said that labor officials from both countries approved the final MOU draft on that same day after a two-day negotiation […]
