occupational safety and health
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Workers need safe and secure jobs with living wages, not token job opportunities – KMU
National trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno commemorated the International Workers’ Memorial Day with a protest-exhibit in front of the Philippine General Hospital today. Workers stressed that Occupational Safety and Health violations be criminalized as the 10th year of the Kentex fire, where 72 workers were killed, nears. Cases tallied by the Institute for Occupational…
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Manila port workers call for living wages, workplace safety in Labor Day kickoff protest
Workers from several unions in the Manila port area held a Black Saturday Protest action at Recto Avenue corner Abad Santos avenue to amplify their call for a living wage amid economic hardships. “Napakabigat ng trabaho sa pier. Lagpas 8-oras na bugbog ang katawan naming mga manggagawa pero hindi ito natatapatan ng sahod namin” said…
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Hustisya para sa mga manggagawang biktima ng kapabayaan at paglabag sa OSH standards!
Nagpapahayag ng simpatya at pakikiramay ang Kilusang Mayo Uno sa pamilya ni Allen Glen Malab, isang construction worker na namatay matapos matabunan ng lupa sa construction site sa Antipolo. Ang KMU ay nananawagan ng hustisya para kay Malab, kasabay ng panawagan sa mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng Republic Act 11058 o Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)…