labor rights

SAN FRANCISCO — Jane Siwa of the BPO Industry Employees Network spoke to a room full of Fil-Ams in San Francisco about what is really happening to workers at call centers. For many in this room, they...

The massive Los Angeles teacher’s strikes continued this week. As 30,000 educators continued to call for higher wages,  increased staffing and lower classroom sizes, the United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District ...

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of faculty members from the United Teachers of Los Angeles office pick up thousands of signs and placards, which are expected be seen throughout the city on Thursday. “It is a last stand...

NEW YORK CITY — A federal court unsealed a six-count indictment, charging business owner Ralph Colamussi and Filipino labor recruiter, Roberto Villanueva, with conspiring to engage in visa fraud and forced labor of immigrants, including Filipinos, as...

by Lalaine Ignao, ABS-CBN News HONOLULU, HI — Union organization Unite Here Local 5 has been in negotiations with Kyo-Ya Hotel and Resorts since this past summer, after contracts were expired and the company refused to renew them....

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...

LOS ANGELES — The city’s attorney and Filipino caregivers are celebrating a quarter million dollar settlement, and while the welcome the money, they believe this is part of a bigger movement against wage theft. The city attorney Mike...

The Philippine Nurses Association of America’s annual convention was held in Jersey City this year — much to the delight of the PNAA’s New Jersey members, which doubled in numbers in the last two years. The...

by Patricia Nabong, ABS-CBN News, Chicago CHICAGO —Vinegar and soy sauce were spilled in front of the Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago, as Filipino-American activists and their allies continue various campaigns to demand justice and...

MANHATTAN — Nineteen NutriAsia strikers and supporters, including 5 journalists, were released from jail in Bulacan last night. “Our case is converted to preliminary investigation so there’s still charges against us,” said Einstein Recedes. “Physical injury, illegal...