Filipino workers

The impact of H2-B workers is most felt on the island of Guam, as the military and some commercial projects depend solely on Philippines’ skilled workers. It was in 1947 when thousands of skilled and unskilled Filipino...

The partial government shutdown, which began December 22, has left about 800,000 federal workers in financial crisis. Some 420,000 employees are working without pay — while another 380,000 have been furloughed, or ordered to stay home....

VANCOUVER, CA — Caregiver organizations across Canada have crafted a new federal caregiver program that will give landed status to caregivers and their families as soon as they arrive in Canada. To protect caregivers already working here under...

HONOLULU, HI — When the strike first began, about 7,000 Marriott employees filled the streets in cities including San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Boston and Detroit. In Hawaii alone, 2,700 workers have been protesting and will continue...

SAN FRANCISCO — Erlinda Archeta has been a caregiver for over 20 years. She is just one of the many Filipino caregivers who care for the elderly and the disabled in the US. And while she...

In Saipan, a casino resort in construction has recently hired close to 600 construction workers from the Philippines. The workers arrived in Saipan — the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the...

LOS ANGELES — Having their day in court just became much harder to get for millions of American workers. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on ideological lines — 5 conservatives and 4 liberals — that...

NEW YORK —  On International Workers’ Day, or May Day, hundreds of people came together in Union Square to celebrate what they call the collective power of migrants and workers. Their demands: better pay and better...

SAN FRANCISCO — Since the early 2000’s, the Philippines has become the call center capital of the world. Filipino workers engage in customer service and troubleshooting with people in hundreds of countries 24 hours a day. Dr....

Thousands of workers on the Philippines’ tropical destination Boracay will be affected in the island’s six-month closure later this month. Starting April 26, the island will be off limits to tourists for six months at the...