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President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.
But in 1967, with the help of his father and others, Velasquez organized FLOC among migrant field workers picking tomatoes in Ohio. [1] [3] FLOC's initial organizing strategy was to focus on workers, as most unions did. FLOC organizers followed migrant workers year-round, moving south to Texas and Florida every winter to build an organizing ...
Hans Leo Javier Cacdac (born March 12, 1968) is a Filipino government official, migrant workers' advocate, and labor lawyer. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in the Philippines, having been appointed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in April 2024.
The Migrants' Trade Union (MTU) in Korea was established on May 3, 2005 by 91 workers in South Korea. [1] It was established to address poor working conditions and wage theft, widespread inequality and discrimination at the workplace.
Oct. 26—Foreign migrant workers have been helping fuel the U.S. economy for years and the border crisis is highlighting their importance as immigration becomes a key issue in the presidential race.
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh, the popular meal kit service company, over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in ...
Federal authorities are aware of but not currently detaining 13,099 illegal immigrants living in the US who have been convicted of homicide and 1,845 who are accused of it, according to ...
President Duterte would appoint Mama-o as the first secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in March 9, 2022. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] However the department is in a transition period and is expected to be fully operational by 2023.