Tag: jobs crisis

Ayuda still needed even with shift to GCQ

Mayo 15, 2021

Giving the Php10,000 ayuda demanded is extremely urgent. The amount merely approximates the government’s low official poverty threshold of Php10,756 and certainly does not come close to compensating the past year of collapsed incomes, anxiety and difficulty for tens of millions of Filipinos.

Gov’t hyping employment gains to avoid giving more ayuda, stimulus – IBON

Mayo 6, 2021

Latest labor force figures show that Filipinos are not regaining their jobs and incomes and, on the contrary, are desperately trying to make a living in whatever way they can.

Ayuda urgent – jobs crisis still worse than before pandemic

Mayo 1, 2021

Government claims of employment improving in February 2021 compared to pre-pandemic January 2020 are unfounded. The so-called jobs increase is just Filipinos desperate to make a living in any way they can.

Ayuda urgent: Jobs crisis still worse than before pandemic — IBON

Abril 30, 2021

NEWS

The so-called increase in employment is just Filipinos desperate to make a living in any way they can. This makes the need for substantial cash aid even more urgent.

Joblessness worsens in February and will get worse with ECQ — IBON

Marso 31, 2021

The latest labor force survey confirms that unemployment and underemployment are worsening despite economic managers’ hype of rebounding employment.

Worst unemployment ever

Pebrero 5, 2021

PH labor market rebounding but not recovering – IBON

Disyembre 4, 2020

News | The labor market rebounding as lockdown restrictions are eased should not be mistaken as ‘recovery’. More than people returning to work, the term should mean returning to the same levels of employment as before. Recovery can only happen with substantial economic stimulus with sufficient government financial assistance or subsidies to workers affected by the pandemic.