Violations of workers’ rights, getting worse – rights group
Of the 40.3 million workers who are part of the labor force in the
Philippines, 19 million are wage or salary earners, only 1.7 million of
whom are union members.
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – “We will walk on a straight path; [we] will end corrupt
leadership and poverty that has long pounded the majority of the
Filipino people. We, Filipinos can now dream again,” said President
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in his inaugural speech on June 30, 2010.
The Filipinos began to hope again when Aquino promised change. For
workers, his policies promised to “improve the country’s labor
relations, create employment, and uplift the workers’ participation in
policy and program formulation,” said Daisy Arago, executive director of
Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR)..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
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