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Article

22 Jul 2011

Author:
Marya Salamat, Bulatlat [Philippines]

Worsening conditions for the Filipino worker

...In the Philippines, a non-government occupational health and safety institute criticized the lack of concern for health and safety at work as highlighted by the deregulation of labor inspection... The recent accidental death of a worker in the Korean-owned Hanjin in Subic, Zambales (which brought to 38 the total number of killed from work-related accidents), and the fatal fall from a Lucio Tan-owned construction site that killed 10 construction workers last January, are just some of the yearly “sacrifices” of workers in unsafe workplaces...[ L]ow wage levels continue to prevail...Majority of those employed...are in vulnerable or part-time work...The recorded incidences of violence in picketlines are nearly six times more than Arroyo’s...Union busting seems to be more prevalent under the current administration...