The Philippines’ unemployment rate slightly rose in February mostly because of a rise in young Filipinos entering the job ...

The country's robust labor market signals stronger domestic demand ahead and will help shield the Philippines from global ...

Many, if not most, foreign-born workers employed as strikebreakers immigrated to the U.S. on their own and were later hired by employers. Also, imported immigrants were not necessarily unskilled ...

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Chris F. Wright has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the ...

In some cases, the labor rights of unauthorized workers could be another obstacle. I am a professor who has spent more than two decades researching immigrant labor organizing. In “Scaling ...

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census report released last week, that number applied to the first quarter of 2022, while openings for unskilled, blue-collar workers are on ...

Businesses that rely on immigrants are pushing for legislation to ensure an adequate, legal flow of laborers from abroad as deportations ramp up. By Lydia DePillis In recent weeks, managers of the ...

The controversial former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested over claims of crimes against humanity. The government said he was detained on an International Criminal ...

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is on a plane to The Hague, the country's leader has said, after being arrested over a "war on drugs" that killed thousands. The former president was ...

Human rights groups in the Philippines contend the number is more than 30,000 people. Many children were among those killed or suffered from the harmful consequences of Duterte’s anti-drug campaign.