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                    [Title] => World unions report 'record' level of labor abuses
                    [Summary] => The 10 "worst countries for working people" are Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Myanmar, the Philippines and Turkey, and two new entries, Eswatini and Guatemala," ITUC said.
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                    [ArticleID] => 1931677
                    [Title] => CHR urges action as Philippines among 'worst countries for workers' anew
                    [Summary] => The International Trade Union Confederation said workers in the Philippines face violent attacks and intimidation and that protests in the country are "brutally repressed" by police in an alleged attempt by the government to suppress dissent.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-07-03 17:20:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
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                    [Title] => Philippines remains among worst countries for workers, int’l trade union says
                    [Summary] => The Philippines has been listed again as one of the worst countries for workers in the world by the International Trade Union Confederation’s 2018 Global Rights Index.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-06-08 11:51:00
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                    [Title] => Rights group offers guidelines for builders in Gulf states
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Human Rights Watch released a set of guidelines yesterday that it says construction companies in the oil-rich Gulf Arab states should follow to ensure basic rights for migrant workers.

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Overseas Filipino workers contribute much to the country’s economic growth, but even policy makers acknowledge that the OFW phenomenon has a dark underbelly.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141119/startoon.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329642 [Title] => DOLE downplays report on poor working conditions in Phl [Summary] =>

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday brushed aside the report of the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) that the Philippines is one of the worst countries to work in.

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The Philippines is among the "worst countries in the world to work in" where employees' rights have no guarantee, according to a recent Global Rights Index survey.

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Qatar sought to allay widespread concerns about conditions for migrant workers on World Cup building projects by detailing on yesterday how their rights must be protected by contractors.

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 Anent to your column titled “Keep wage fixing depoliticized,” published today May 4), kindly note that I am the author of both Republic Acts 6727 and 6715.

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At least 100 trade unionists were killed defending workers rights in 2009 — up from 76 the previous year, the International Trade Union Confederation said in its annual survey Wednesday.

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