From the News! - Your Daily News » Layoffs http://fromthenews.net Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264

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 of women.

The CHR said … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 All it takes is a slip of paper at Intel http://fromthenews.net/all-it-takes-is-a-slip-of-paper-at-intel.htm http://fromthenews.net/all-it-takes-is-a-slip-of-paper-at-intel.htm#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:27:26 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5256 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 awaited … Read the rest

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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, Mandaue City.

In … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/giardini-workers-managers-reach-accord.htm/feed 0 DOLE to hold talks on layoffs http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:09:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5214 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 craft a plan … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm/feed 0 Toledo Mining lays off 90% of workforce (Cites drastic cut in nickel demand) http://fromthenews.net/toledo-mining-lays-off-90-of-workforce-cites-drastic-cut-in-nickel-demand.htm http://fromthenews.net/toledo-mining-lays-off-90-of-workforce-cites-drastic-cut-in-nickel-demand.htm#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:16:48 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5223 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 the Philippines.

According … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/toledo-mining-lays-off-90-of-workforce-cites-drastic-cut-in-nickel-demand.htm/feed 0 50,000 in Mindanao firms lose jobs (Costly fuel drives fish canneries to close shop) http://fromthenews.net/50000-in-mindanao-firms-lose-jobs-costly-fuel-drives-fish-canneries-to-close-shop.htm http://fromthenews.net/50000-in-mindanao-firms-lose-jobs-costly-fuel-drives-fish-canneries-to-close-shop.htm#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:58 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4513 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 their operations … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/50000-in-mindanao-firms-lose-jobs-costly-fuel-drives-fish-canneries-to-close-shop.htm/feed 0 113 workers retrenched daily as businesses closed – DOLE http://fromthenews.net/113-workers-retrenched-daily-as-businesses-closed-%e2%80%93-dole.htm http://fromthenews.net/113-workers-retrenched-daily-as-businesses-closed-%e2%80%93-dole.htm#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:14:10 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4163 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 Statistics … Read the rest

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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.

Ramon … Read the rest

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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 Foods Corp. … Read the rest

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