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Feb 8, 20091

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

Feb 5, 20090

All it takes is a slip of paper at Intel

Maricar Cinco, Southern Luzon Bureau
Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines—All it took was a slip of paper.

That determined whether a worker goes or stays, at least for now.

It will tell if the worker is “Intel inside.”

The workers have… Read the rest

Feb 5, 20090

Giardini workers, managers reach accord

Dale G. Israel
Cebu Daily News

Picketing former employees of Giardini del Sole Wooden Furniture Inc. yesterday agreed not to block the entry of those still employed by the company into the firm’s factory in barangay Alang-Alang,… Read the rest

Dec 29, 20080

DOLE to hold talks on layoffs

Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA Philippines—The Labor department will conduct surveys and meetings with companies in export zones next month to gain a full picture of how the global credit squeeze affects them and to… Read the rest

Dec 28, 20080

Toledo Mining lays off 90% of workforce (Cites drastic cut in nickel demand)

Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – Toledo Mining Corp. said it had laid off some 600 workers and contractors while some directors took pay cuts as dampened demand took its toll on nickel operations in… Read the rest

Jul 31, 20080

50,000 in Mindanao firms lose jobs (Costly fuel drives fish canneries to close shop)

Julie Alipala, Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Mindanao Bureau, Visayas Bureau
Inquirer

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 50,000 workers were thrown out of jobs as 14 companies in Western Mindanao engaged in fishing and canning either closed shop or downsized… Read the rest

Mar 27, 20080

113 workers retrenched daily as businesses closed – DOLE

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

An average of 113 Filipino workers are retrenched daily from their employment due to closures of commercial establishments, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Data from the DOLE-Bureau of Labor and Employment… Read the rest

Mar 13, 20080

Levi Strauss set to shut down RP plant

Zinnia B. Dela Peña
Philippine Star

Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world’s top and oldest jeans maker, announced it is shutting down its plant in the Philippines effective Aug. 1, 2008.  The closing will affect 257 employees.… Read the rest

Jan 21, 20080

3,000 Ilocos farmers may lose livelihood

Ira Karen Apanay
Manila Times

A Filipino company that provides livelihood for 3,000 farmers and competes with China for the supply of tomato paste to multinational fast-food restaurants is in danger of losing its edge—or even closing.

Northern… Read the rest

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