Beyond COVID-19

Abril 12, 2020

Dealing with COVID-19: Just reboot the economy?

Marso 30, 2020

POLICY NOTE

The coronavirus pandemic and the expansive efforts to address it are new and unprecedented. But they also exposed many old problems that have always been there.

Luzon lockdown threatens livelihoods of 11M workers, informal sector earners

Marso 17, 2020

NEWS

The Duterte administration’s declaration of an enhanced community quarantine over the whole of Luzon threatens to displace nearly 11 million workers and informal sector earners. While government is correct to take all necessary measures to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it is failing to do this in a way that protects the poorest and most vulnerable Filipinos.

International Working Women’s Day 2020: Filipino women workers worse off under Duterte – IBON

Marso 8, 2020

NEWS

Filipino women’s continuing plight is just another result of the Duterte administration’s market-driven pro-big business policies that disregard women and workers’ rights.

Php750 NCR Minimum Wage Doable

Marso 7, 2020

A substantially higher minimum wage is an important and doable step towards making economic growth genuinely inclusive. Millions of workers and their families will immediately benefit from a Php750 minimum wage in NCR which will only cost employers 8.9% of their profits.

The Family Living Wage, as of February 2020

Marso 7, 2020

Filipino women and their families don’t have to struggle to budget for their household needs. If only the State upheld the right of all workers to a family living wage.

Duterte’s Borrowing Binge

Marso 3, 2020

Who Benefits From POGOs?

Marso 2, 2020

Record trade deficit under Duterte

Pebrero 27, 2020