
Job fairs, wage demands take centerstage at Labor Day rallies
Thousands of workers gathered at various venues across the city Friday to mark the 124th Labor Day, as labor unions renewed calls for a significant wage…
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Thousands of workers gathered at various venues across the city Friday to mark the 124th Labor Day, as labor unions renewed calls for a significant wage…
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While many Filipinos mark Labor Day with rest or small celebrations, for vendors inside Bustillos Supermarket, the holiday remains just another day…
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Calls for the government to act to lower prices — either by suspending or removing the fuel taxes — and to fire the officials who imposed those burdens on…
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A Los Angeles couple is in a bind as authorities are blocking the demolition of a deteriorating property they bought for $8 million in 2023.
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Thousands of jobseekers gathered at the Robinsons Galleria on Friday for a mega job fair organized by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to mark the 124th…
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‘Labor Day is an opportunity for us to come together and open more opportunities for everyone.’
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House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy pledged Friday to prioritize legislative measures aimed at raising the national minimum wage and ending precarious employment…
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And that future of shared heritage, shared security, shared prosperity won’t come from shouting matches, water cannons, or missile launchers. It will come from…
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Access is not just about entry; it is about participation. Real inclusion means being able to speak, understand, and be heard.
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Motorcycle taxi riders on Labor Day renewed calls for the passage of the long-delayed Motorcycle Taxi Bill, urging lawmakers to recognize riders as independent…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to uphold the dignity of Filipino workers as the country marked the 124th Labor Day, calling them the backbone of the…
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Various lawmakers called for bills on the abolishment of Value Added Tax (VAT) and increase in minimum wage to be passed in the House as they participated in…
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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Friday reiterated calls for higher wages and increased education funding during Labor Day protests.
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ILOILO CITY — A labor coalition has formally petitioned the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board for a P250 daily wage increase across Western…
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Latest labor data show the unemployment rate slipping to 5.1 percent in February 2026 from 5.8 percent in January, while total employment has climbed to about…
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Labor Day shouldn’t be a thank-you note. It should be a reckoning. If dignity requires a plane ticket, then the problem isn’t the worker. It’s the country.
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For a practice declared illegal since 1974, endo, or the so-called 5-5-5 scheme, has shown remarkable staying power not in workplaces, but in speeches,…
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