manufacturing jobs
Half-million drop in manufacturing: Jobs crisis highlights urgency of Filipino industrialization – IBON
June 8, 2025
Despite government claims of job resilience, research group IBON said that the country’s jobs crisis persists with significant manufacturing losses and worsening quality of work. The year-on-year increase in unemployed and underemployed Filipinos, lack of decent work, and huge drop in manufacturing jobs underscore the urgent need for a serious national industrialization strategy to create […]
Stagnant employment and shrinking labor force indicate worsening disguised joblessness — IBON
January 10, 2024
The lower unemployment rate appears favorable but should not be taken at face value.
