Filipino workers

444 Filipino crew members and six passengers from the Grand Princess, the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship that was docked in Port of Oakland, have arrived safely in the Philippines on March 15th. Prior to their disembarkation, Filipino...

SAN FRANCISCO — After a week of being stranded inside the Grand Princess cruise ship due to reported cases of coronavirus, it was time to go back to the Philippines for most of its Filipino crew...

SAN FRANCISCO — Consul General Henry Bensurto Jr. of the Philippine consulate in San Francisco said they’ve been working round the clock to check on the condition of Filipinos on board the Grand Princess, which docked in...

SAN FRANCISCO — Nursing assistants, housekeepers, cooks — protesting in front of their workplace, the San Francisco Post Acute, for higher wages and better health benefits. These workers are represented by the National Union of Healthcare...

LOS ANGELES —  It’s a relationship that began in 2012, and has paid off for Filipino workers. Consul General Adelio Cruz and Ruben Rosales of the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division signed a moratorium...

HONOLULU, HI — From 1906 to 1946, about 120,000 Filipinos were recruited from the Visayas and Ilocos, regions of the Philippines, to work as laborers for Hawaii’s sugarcane and pineapple plantations. They were known as “sakadas,” a...

SALT LAKE CITY — A luxury hotel in Utah is accused of taking advantage of Filipino workers. Four Philippine citizens filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City recruited them to...

LOS ANGELES — Worker rights and immigrant advocates came together to not only celebrate recent victories by to find new ways to help vulnerable workers. Many of these Filipinos work alone, as caregivers and domestic workers...

On May Day, immigrant advocates called for equal rights, as well as overseas and domestic workers’ rights, and celebrated recent victories involving wage theft for caregivers across Los Angeles County. “This past year, we have been...

DALY CITY, CA — Pinoy workers in the San Francisco Bay Area — who were allegedly victims of human rights violations by their employer — confront the Philippine consulate over the help they say they never...