Victorino F. Balais of the Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO) is the new TUCP President. He was unanimously elected by the delegates to the 8th Regular Convention and 37th Anniversary Celebration of the Trade Union Congress of the...
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PTGWO Supports the Implementation of the New RH Law
PTGWO welcomes the start of the implementation of the new RH Law. The RH Law prescribes the provision of services to all Filipinos through the goverment agencies and facilities. Passage of SIn Tax Law, Applauded by PTGWO With the passage of the Sin Tax Law, the...
PTGWO DECLARES ITS SUPPORT FORCANDIDATES IN THE MAY 2013 ELECTIONS
The National President of the Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO-TUCP), Mr. Victorino F. Balais, announced today that the PTGWO-TUCP will support the candidacy of eight senators and the Trade Union Congress Party List in the...
PTGWO Review its Policies and Programs through Participatory Gender Audit.
For the past 60 years of existence in the Philippine labor movement, the National Executive Officers of Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO) in cooperation of the International Labor Organization sub regional office in Manila review policies and...
STOP Violence and Provide Justice for Cambodian Workers
In January 3, 2014, the Cambodian workers hold its peaceful demonstration to call the attention of the government to fairly increase their minimum wage in which the offer of the government last December 2013 of US$95 per month is actually insufficient. According to...
AMA, KAIBIGAN, KAPATID, TAGAPAYO, AT LIDER Mr. Victorino F. Balais“BOSS VIC”
Isang mahusay na ama, kaibigan, kapatid, tagapayo, at lider manggagagawa ang lumisan na sa ating mundo. Bagama’t sa kanyang paglisan, ang kanyang mga kontribusyon at nagawa para sa sektor ng kamanggagawaan ay hindi malilimutan at patuloy na ipaglalaban. Sa nakalipas...
THE PTGWO SET A NEWLY ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENTFor the fourth time in the history of the Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO), the organizationexercises its true and democratic process in electing national president through a special national convention.
The Special National Convention was called by the PTGWO Executive Board upon the untimely death of the former late National President Victorino F. Balais. The PTGWO family call the said convention in order to continue the unfinished term of the late national president...
For the third time in the history of Philippine labor movement,the Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO)lead the 2014 International Labor Day at Mendiola.
In partnership with the NAGKAISA and other trade union groups, PTGWO take its vital role in leading a massive mobilization rally at Mendiola, Manila. More than 150 local union affiliates from transport, manufacturing industries of textile, garments, metal, petroleum,...
Landslide Win for PTGWO in DLTB Bus Company
The DLTB Labor Union – PTGWO won via landslide in the voting for the Certification Elections in the Del Monte Land Transport and Bus Company (DLTB) concluded last April 8, 2015. The DLU-PTGWO union is an affiliate of the Philippine Trade and General Workers...
AMWEA-PTGWO Appeals NCR Minimum Wage Increase
The Association of Minimum Wage Earners and Advocates (AMWEA-PTGWO) appealed the measly P15 wage increase granted by the NCR Wage Board. Margarita Grefaldio, President of the AMWEA-PTGWO, stated that while the group is thankful for the immediate grant by the Wage...
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