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Legarda: Welfare of OFWs a top priority
Manila :: Philippines | 1 month ago
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PhilippinesPromoting the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and seafarers will continue to top Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate legislative agenda even as the Senator reminded them that they are adequately protected under various laws
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Landmark treaty for domestic workers to take effect next year
Manila :: Philippines | 9 months ago
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Philippines The ILO Convention 189, aimed at providing better protection for migrant domestic workers, is set to take effect next year as the Philippines finalized its ratification for the treaty. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (
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‘Walk Free' lauds Senate ratification of ILO convention for domestic workers
Manila :: Philippines | 9 months ago
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Walk Free' lauds Senate ratification of ILO convention for domestic workers 6:56 pm Saturday, August 11th, 2012 Visayan Forum's Cecilia Oebanda (left) and Walk Free's David Bussau (right) present a petition calling for the ratification of ILO
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Senate ratification gives force to ILO convention on domestic workers
Ilo :: Peru | 10 months ago
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Uruguay was the first to ratify the treaty last June, with the Philippines now following suit. So this puts the Philippines in a unique position with regards the entry into force of ILO Convention 189, said Baldoz who witnessed the Senate
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Turkish Airlines faces international sackings backlash
Turkey :: Turkey | 10 months ago
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The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) launched a campaign on Monday for the reinstatement of 305 Turkish Airlines (THY) workers sacked when they protested against the bringing in of a legal amendment that would totally remove their
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300,000 Domestic Workers to Gain Labour Law Protection
Santo Domingo :: Dominican Republic | 11 months ago
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Drafting of the new law will start this week, and it is expected to be adopted by Parliament within three months, along with ratification of ILO Convention 189 on domestic workers...Dominican Congress to ratify the ILO Convention and for public
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PAKISTAN: Child Labour Issue Of Human & Social Development
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
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Child labour is an issue of human and social development and has to be tackled in its actual context Amir Murtaza On 12th June 2002, the International Labour Organization (ILO) initiated the World Day against Child Labour. The day is celebrated with
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DOLE hoping for early Senate concurrence on treaty for helpers
Dole :: France | 12 months ago
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Senate concurrence on treaty for helpers June 3, 2012 10:22am After President Benigno Aquino III's ratification of an international convention ensuring rights of domestic workers, the Department of Labor and Employment voiced hopes the Senate can
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Spotlight Interview With Pari Moses (Malaysia – MTUC)
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | over 1 year ago
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The vast majority of domestic workers in Malaysia are migrants, mainly from Indonesia...In October 2010, for example, we held a workshop bringing together 45 Indonesian domestic workers who had been given a day off during a Muslim festival. We used
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Spotlight Interview With Myrtle Witbooi (SADSAWU-S. Africa)
Cape Town :: South Africa | over 1 year ago
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It managed to secure a number of gains even prior to the ILO's adoption of the international Convention on domestic work (2) in June 2011. Myrtle Witbooi, a founding member and general secretary of the union, looks back on her 30 years as a union
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