Philippines

On April 23, 2010 a temporary restraining order was issued against more than 100 Triumph workers who are protesting against their dismissals since summer 2009. The women workers fear that a forced eviction will lead to serious casualties. Write to the Philippine authorities today!

Read on for more info. To take action visit:
http://www.cleanclothes.org/urgent-actions/filipino-triumph-workers-figh...

We are the displaced workers of Triumph International Philippines Incorporated who were unjustly laid off by the company last June 27, 2009. Many of us have served the underwear company for more than 30 years before the lay-off.

For almost 10 months, series of meetings transpired in the National Mediation Conciliatory Board-Department of Labor and Employment. Yet, Triumph International has been blind and deaf to our just demands for higher severance pay and other benefits. Many of our colleagues were forced to accept the offered severance package because of hunger and poverty.

The embattled workers of Alta Mode Inc., a garments factory in the Mactan export zone and subcontractor for global brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, are appealing for solidarity. Since February 15, a hundred workers have camped out in the main gates of the Mactan export zone, one of the biggest in the Philippines, after they were locked out. The Alta Mode Workers Union, an affiliate of the Partido ng Manggagawa [Labor Party-Philippines], is demanding that they return to work. The workers have proof that management’s claims of monetary losses are lies. The Alta Mode Workers Union accuses the company of closing the factory in order to bust the union.

Take action at:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c...

Within a week after being released from prison, labour lawyer Atty. Remigio D. Saladero Jr., and five other Phillipine labour and human rights activists face another round of trumped-up charges of murder. Thanks to your previous action, Saladero was freed from prison on February 5, 2009. But your continued support is needed to ensure that he remains free. Please take action today.

Take action now at: http://www.cleanclothes.org/urgent/09-03-03.htm#action

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Appeals and information from the Clean Clothes Campaign.

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