
Fading solidarity
Failing these, unions risk fading into irrelevance, an outcome that would weaken both worker representation and the potential for meaningful bipartite progress…
Ed Lacson · · 2 min read

1) Business Executive 2) Former financial mgr of Petron Corp. 3) Member of various national advocacy groups such as PCCI M, ECOP, MAP etc 4) Independent director of various publicly listed companies such as PSE, KEEPERS HOLDINGS. GREENERGY 5) Trustee of DLSU and UMAK

Failing these, unions risk fading into irrelevance, an outcome that would weaken both worker representation and the potential for meaningful bipartite progress…
Ed Lacson · · 2 min read


“Today, progressive labor unions recognize that the economic risks of aggressive anti-employer rhetoric and militant actions by some radical labor groups can…
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

He made several wrong assumptions but the most egregious was his childish use of that example of the one slice of cake that led him to his hasty conclusion.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

ITUC analysts should engage with the countries they criticize, especially the Philippines, which has been singled out for eight straight years.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

“The labor leaders of the past, who were stuck in time, unsuccessfully waged a futile campaign for a systemic shift in the economic order.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

“With the rapid development of digital and AI technology the world market is now operating 24/7 and productivity has become a crucial factor in the global…
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

“With the government and society working together to mitigate the economic impact of the immediate POGO closure, the economic dislocation can be managed at a…
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

“Let us stop hurting them (informal workers) with the non-stop clamor for an unrealistic higher minimum wage, a benefit they will never receive and enjoy in…
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

“These leaders blur the difference between a living and a minimum wage and persist in deluding their members that these wages are one and the same.
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read
