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Filipinos in Hong Kong are angered over the exoneration of an abusive Filipino labor attache. Photo from UNIFIL.

Exoneration of ‘abusive’ labor attache angers Filipinos in Hong Kong

By Tue, Feb 01, 2011 9:11PM UTC View Comments Filipinos in Hong Kong are angered over the exoneration of an abusive Filipino labor attache. Photo from UNIFIL.

The biggest Filipino migrant workers alliance in Hong Kong today demonstrated in front of the Philippine Consulate-General there to protest the “unjust decision” favoring a labor attache accused of verbal abuse, neglect of duty and abuse of authority by a Filipino domestic worker who sought but failed to get help from him. “A slap in...

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‘Subcontracting to help Eton escape liability for deaths of 10 workers’

By Fri, Jan 28, 2011 5:54PM UTC View Comments Most Filipino construction workers are contractuals, paid low wages and don't enjoy protections. Photo from Construction Week Online

An ecumenical labor advocacy group today called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to end existing “subcontracting chains” in the construction sector, after 10 workers fell to their deaths Thursday at their work site in Makati City. According to the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), the incident should move DOLE...

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