labor rights

HONOLULU, HI — HSMHOST Honolulu airport workers have been in a bargaining tussle with their employer since December 2018 – and not much has changed since. Their desired contact calls for better wages and benefits. The...

NEW YORK — Damayan Migrant Workers organization together with the Pilipino Workers Center of Los Angeles teamed up for “Building Baklas” — a national campaign to break free from modern-day slavery or human trafficking. At this...

LOS ANGELES — From hunger strikes, to rallies, and sometimes violent actions, labor leader Larry Itliong was in the thick of things —courageously leading abused farm workers in their fight for better pay and improved working...

LOS ANGELES — From human trafficking to immigration services, to lobbying for civil rights, and policies in behalf of the Asian American community, for the past 36 years, the nonprofit group Asian Americans Advancing Justice –...

The elder care industry is a burgeoning, multibillion-dollar business. But some care home operators are becoming wealthy, by treating workers as indentured servants....

Canada recently announced positive changes to its Caregiver Program, but some kababayans say, it still is not good enough for one of the country’s most in-demand jobs. Canada’s immigration minister recently met with some members of...

by Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS-CBN News EDMONTON — Ed entered Canada on a work permit. He received a job offer for a full-time, 40 hours a week job at a farm. But when he started working,...

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...

Philippine labor officials were in Los Angeles last week to meet with the Filipino community and to give updates on labor-related issues. Among the issues discussed during a town-hall at the Philippine consulate was the work...

LOS ANGELES — In several major cities, including Los Angeles, Uber drivers logged off and surged to the picket lines. After a day-long strike, ride-sharing giant Uber had filed a settlement with tens of thousands of...