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Labor group launches Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) on the eve of Araw ng Kagitingan
Amidst growing concerns over labor rights violations, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) announced the initiation of the FFW Workers' Rights Watch (WRW) in Mindanao on the closing day of a pivotal conference attended by FFW union leaders from across the island of...
Being Anna Mae Lamentillo: Lessons on gender equality & how to bridge the gender gap
She started young. Born Feb. 7, 1991 to a seaman father with Spanish lineage and a businesswoman mother from a Chinese family, Anna Mae Lamentillo, on her own recollection, remembers growing up in a “multi-cultural household, where the spirit of empowerment and equality...
Labor group invokes Catholic social teaching to advocate for P150 wage hike and real wage recovery
In a plea for economic justice, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is harnessing the Catholic Church's social teachings to support their campaign for a P150 daily wage increase.
This legislative initiative seeks to rejuvenate the purchasing power of the workforce, thereby addressing...
Two Poems
ELEGY
I am trying to catch the best of
Life as lived with my grandchildren
I am trying to comprehend death
When I see humans good as dead
As a sudden explosion transforms
A house of healing
Into grim inferno of the dead and the dying
And wounded children wailing
Desperately looking
For...
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Federation of Free Workers calls PhP150 wage hike the first step toward inclusive growth and fair wages amid economic expansion
Following recent statements by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about the Philippines' ambitious target to achieve an 8% gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) welcomes said aspiration but emphasizes the necessity for this growth to be inclusive, shared, and...
