The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) recently submitted a letter to the Philippine labor ministry to immediately allow the International Labor Organization (ILO) to conduct its High-Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) to the Philippines to look into the serious violations of the ILO Convention 87.
It comes after newly appointed labor secretary Bienvenido Laguesma formally requested […]
Sep 27, 2022
HON. BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA
Secretary
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Republic of the Philippines
Dear Secretary Laguesma:
Greetings from the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI).
It has come to our attention through our member in the Philippines, the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA), that your office has formally asked the International Labour Organization (ILO) to […]
NOTE: The Federation of Agricultural Workers (or UMA), a Philippine member of the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) and its Steering Council, was maliciously tagged as a “terrorist group” by the Philippine National Security Council (NSC) due to its defense of agricultural workers’ rights to fair working conditions.
UMA’s social platforms, alongside other local organizations’ […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) welcomes the release of 83 farmers and land reform activists in the Philippines last June 12, after three days of detention based on clearly trumped-up charges.
On June 9, local police violently dispersed and arrested 91 people, including members of MAKISAMA-Tinang, a peasant group, and their supporters for participating […]
PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA – “Workers come to work to live, not to die,” said Irene Xavier, co-chair of the Labour Law Reform Coalition last April 28 during the organisation’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) press conference.
Although Labour Day on May 1st is the most widely-known observance of workers’ rights and struggles, IWMD remains a solemn […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) joins the billions of workers worldwide in commemorating International Labor Day today.
We mark this day with profound disquiet over the worsening conditions of agricultural workers amid the simultaneous and inter-connected adversities brought about by the economic crisis, pandemic, wars and conflicts, and climate change. Nonetheless, we also celebrate […]
While 170,000 farmers and farm workers worldwide are killed annually due to unsafe working conditions and suffer twice the risk of death compared to other industries, the agricultural sector remains systemically underrepresented in the discourse on human rights.
On December 10, 2021, International Human Rights Day, the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) organized the webinar […]
On International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2021, at 3:00 AM Eastern Time, we invite you to a webinar organized by the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI), entitled “Agri Workers’ Rights are Human Rights.”
Amid the starvation wages of agricultural workers and their hazardous working conditions, alongside intense political repression, we pose the questions: How can agricultural […]
As the world marks this year’s International Day of Rural Women, the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) reiterates our call on governments and policymakers to give due attention to and act on the plight of women agri workers. This call is especially urgent amid the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ravage the lives and […]
PAN Asia Pacific, Press Release
PENANG, Malaysia – Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today urged governments to not just ensure that immediate financial relief are provided to agricultural workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but to respect and promote their rights based on already globally recognized and established labor standards.
“Upholding labor standards that guaranteeing […]