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                    [Title] => DOLE: Strikes up 11% in first 5 months
                    [Summary] => Filipino workers are getting restive.


Since January, the Department of Labor has reported an 11 percent increase in the number of strikes declared in various companies nationwide.

More than 53,000 workers from 292 commercial establishments are also threatening to walk out of their jobs because of pending labor disputes.

Records of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) show workers have declared a total of 20 strikes from January to May 14 or 11 percent more than last year’s figures.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95805 [Title] => DTI, DOLE to form crack units to solve labor rows [Summary] => Following a series of labor disputes in several major Japanese firms operating in the country, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II gave assurance yesterday of a "quick response to future labor problems that may affect various industries."

Several major Japanese firms led by Japanese car giant Toyota Motors Philippines Inc. (TMPC) have threatened to pull out due to "rising labor activism."
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90336 [Title] => 11 Japanese firms threaten pullout due to labor unrest [Summary] => Eleven Japanese companies led by car maker Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. are threatening to pull out their investments from the country if the government is unable to avert further labor unrest.

The Japanese investors made the threat over the weekend as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced it has received a total of 185 notices of permanent closures and retrenchments due to economic difficulties.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 162739
                    [Title] => DOLE: Strikes up 11% in first 5 months
                    [Summary] => Filipino workers are getting restive.


Since January, the Department of Labor has reported an 11 percent increase in the number of strikes declared in various companies nationwide.

More than 53,000 workers from 292 commercial establishments are also threatening to walk out of their jobs because of pending labor disputes.

Records of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) show workers have declared a total of 20 strikes from January to May 14 or 11 percent more than last year’s figures.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95805 [Title] => DTI, DOLE to form crack units to solve labor rows [Summary] => Following a series of labor disputes in several major Japanese firms operating in the country, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II gave assurance yesterday of a "quick response to future labor problems that may affect various industries."

Several major Japanese firms led by Japanese car giant Toyota Motors Philippines Inc. (TMPC) have threatened to pull out due to "rising labor activism."
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90336 [Title] => 11 Japanese firms threaten pullout due to labor unrest [Summary] => Eleven Japanese companies led by car maker Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. are threatening to pull out their investments from the country if the government is unable to avert further labor unrest.

The Japanese investors made the threat over the weekend as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced it has received a total of 185 notices of permanent closures and retrenchments due to economic difficulties.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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