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DEFEND JOBSPHILIPPINES

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What we are fighting for now, and what we have won.

A Defend Jobs Philippines campaign summit

Since 2009

Ongoing

End contractualization

Our founding fight: regular jobs, not endless contracts. Workers replaced by contractuals at Triumph International started it; thousands more since have lived it.

Since 2026

Ongoing

Full pay for November 16–18

The ASEAN Summit days were declared special non-working days in NCR under “no work, no pay”. We call on DOLE to make full pay mandatory for every affected worker.

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Since 2026

Ongoing

A living wage, not ₱96 a day

Crossing an official poverty line of ₱96.22 a day does not mean a family is no longer poor. Substantial wage increases, secure jobs, affordable goods and services.

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Since 2026

Ongoing

₱85 now, and retroactive

Wage Order No. 27 for NCR was suspended by a Status Quo Ante Order after two construction firms challenged it. We say: implement the ₱85 increase now, retroactively, on the way to a family living wage.

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Since 2026

Ongoing

Save public markets, no to privatization

With vendors and buyers at the Save Public Markets Summit, where the Save Public Markets Network was formed to defend livelihoods and public markets.

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Since 2010

Ongoing

Homes, not demolitions

Through the Demolition Watch Program we document demolitions and defend the right to adequate housing of urban poor communities.

Since 2026

Won

Bob Reyes is free

Our convener, arrested in 2018, faced fourteen cases. On October 20, 2026 he was acquitted of the last one and walked free after eight years.

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