Workers’ Rights
On the ILO High-Level Tripartite Mission in the Philippines
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 […]
Agri workers’ rights are human rights
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 […]
[Webinar] Agri Workers’ Rights are Human Rights
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 […]
Upholding Labor Standards For Agricultural Workers, More Urgent During COVID-19 Crisis – PANAP
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 […]
Wage Crisis of the Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: Fair & Living Wage for the Plantation Workers
Background Information:
The Plantation People (Indian Origin Tamils) form a Minority community that consists of about 4.4% (2012) of the population in Sri Lanka and at present it is estimated as approximately 1.5 million. When in the 18th century plantations were started in Sri Lanka, people from India and specially from Tamil Nadu were brought as […]
Crackdown not in sync with ‘new Malaysia’, immigration told
PETALING JAYA: Activists have questioned immigration director-general Mustafar Ali after he defended the nationwide crackdown on undocumented workers despite criticism from rights groups.
Vocal migrant rights organisation Tenaganita said the main problem with the crackdown was the way the foreigners were arrested, depriving them of basic human rights.
Read more here: http://www.tenaganita.net/news-and-press-releases/news/crackdown-not-in-sync-with-new-malaysia-immigration-told/
Siaran Pers Bersama Koalisi Buruh Sawit – Peringatan Hari Buruh 2018: Menuntut Pelindungan Kerja Buruh Sawit
(Press Releases (with the Palm Oil Workers Coalition) 2018 Labor Day Commemmoration: Demanding Work for Oil Palm Workers)
On May 1 we commemorate the struggle of workers 132 years ago. Now, a century later, workers are still continuing the struggle, especially palm oil workers who in Indonesia produce the country’s “green gold.”
30 April 2018
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Slave Like Wages Push Sugar Workers Out of the Industry
Slave like wages of sugar field workers push them out of the industry to seek higher paying jobs. This is what Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and especially Negros Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., who is also a haciendero (landlord) failed to mention why there is a shortage of sugar field workers.
Read more here: https://umapilipinas.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/slave-like-wages-push-sugar-workers-out-of-the-industry/
More peasant killings surface as slain farmworkers’ leader buried in Negros
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of farmers and sugar workers marched the streets of Murcia, Negros Occidental to call for justice for slain peasant leader Alexander Ceballos, who was killed by suspected paramilitary elements last January 20.
Members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) […]
“We, launch unended campaign till we win” say the leaders of Northern Province Fisher Peoples’ Unity
The Leaders of NPFPU whom met their monthly meeting on Tuesday have decided to launch unending campaign on Indian Trawler issue and to find ways to address issues faced by the fishing communities. While organizing campaign they expect to propose a development plan which the fishers drafted last few months coĺlectively.
Most interestingly, the fisher leaders […]