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Believing they will never find employment, at least a million jobless Filipinos have quit looking for work.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said these unemployed but capable workers are now classified as “discouraged workers” after the country adopted...
A Filipino shipyard worker who was fired from work for acting “too gay” plans to file a civil case against his company.
Vincent Atos plans to file the case in the next few weeks against Alcatraz Cruises.
Alcatraz Cruises. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/branditressler/
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As China warms its ties with Taiwan, Filipino overseas workers in Taiwan could lose their jobs and the Philippines could get bypassed by Taiwanese investors. This becomes a possibility as China and Taiwan will sign an economic pact in June.
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MANILA – Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates have the most number of overseas Filipino workers displaced by the global economic crisis, while South Korea had the most number of companies with OFW employees affected.
The latest report by the Philippine...
The current unemployment rate in the United States surged to 10.2% in October 2009, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years. This translates to 15.7 million Americans now unemployed based on US Department of Labor report.
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The Philippines has long been a labor exporting market. About 2,500 Filipinos leave the country on a daily basis to seek for greener pastures abroad and better provide for the needs of the family, notwithstanding the social impact of this Filipino diaspora.
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