workers strikes in the Philippines - updates

Rappler's latest stories on workers strikes in the Philippines

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Jeepney drivers protest PUV modernization anew

Jul 15, 2019 - 4:15 PM

Senator Grace Poe asks the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board not to 'brush aside transparency and due process' for drivers in implementing the modernization program

STRIKE. Jeepney drivers on strike staged a protest in front of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on July 15, 2019. Photo by Enrico Berdos/Rappler

‘Hindi kami aalis!’ Union, pro-management workers clash at Zagu factory strike in Pasig

Jul 09, 2019 - 3:19 PM

The clash effectively destroys a month-long picket line established by workers on strike

DEFIANT. Members of Organization of Zagu Workers-Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms and labor organizers raise their fists as they shout, '€œHindi kami aalis!'€ (We will not leave), despite the dispersal of their picket line and gate barricade in Pasig City on July 8, 2019. Photo by Enrico Berdos/Rappler

Zagu workers go on strike as company nears 20th anniversary

Jun 06, 2019 - 9:54 AM

'On Zagu's 20th year, we demand that management correct their wrongs and treat their workers fairly,' says Organiza-Super president Shirley Fulgencio

'UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES'. Zagu workers go on strike starting 4 am of June 6, 2019, to protest their company's unfair labor practices. Photo from the Facebook page of Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms - SUPER

#BoycottBlackouts: Confronting the media's disappearing labor beat

Aug 31, 2018 - 7:42 PM

'Dear journalists, if workers win their struggles, democracy wins, justice wins, and you win.'

HEIGHTENED SECURITY. More security personnel guard the gate of the industrial complex where the NutriAsia plant is located. Photo by Aika Rey/Rappler