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Pandemic worsens poor workplace health and safety
Workers amplify their demands in this time of pandemic. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat)The pandemic only compounded the already dismal status of occupational health and safety in the country. Workers are either thrusted into work-from-home setups, forced to risk exposure to Covid-19 in their traditional workplaces, or retrenched altogether.
By ARNETH ASIDDAO
MANILA Even before the pandemic struck, workers had long been subjected to poor and unsafe working conditions. According to the International Labor Organization, there are more than 2.78 million work-related deaths and 374 million non-fatal injuries every year.
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You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 28 → Activists hold bike ride in support of red-tagged Bayan officer, Dutch missionary
Activists hold bike ride in support of red-tagged Bayan officer, Dutch missionary
By EMILY VITAL
MANILA – Progressives held a bike ride Sunday, Feb. 28, to call for the dropping of murder charges against Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) campaign director Lutgardo “Boyette” Jurcales Jr. and for the renewal of visa of Dutch missionary and labor advocate Otto de Vries.
Activists gathered in front of the Quezon City Hall then pedaled toward the Commission on Human Rights via Commonwealth Avenue, Katipunan Avenue and CP Garcia Avenue.
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The Bureau of Immigration is determined to uphold its order to cancel a Dutch missionary s permanent visa amid protests from labor groups, while reminding foreigners not to engage in political activities in the country.
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FIRST PERSON | Solidarity with the poor, defending labor rights
(Left) Dutch lay missionary Otto De Vries with Antonio Flores, chairperson of Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura. (Photo courtesy of Defend Jobs Philippines)
Testimonial of Otto De Vries on the Order to Leave of the Bureau of Immigration based on the false allegations of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
I, Otto De Vries from the Diocese of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, came to the Philippines in May 1991 on the invitation of Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, OCD, Prelature of Infanta, to do pastoral work. The Bishop’s appeal to live out the Church of the Poor had inspired me to immerse in the everyday reality of the workers. My experiences deepened as I lived with the Filipino workers and these became the source of motivation for me.