The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is a
national trade union center
Organizers within trade unions have sought to increase the bargaining power of workers in regards to collective bargaining by acting in collaboration with other trade unions. Multi-union organizing can take place on an informal basis, or on ...
in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. It was founded 19 June 1950, and has a dues-paying membership of around 40,000.
The FFW is affiliated with the
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation.
History
The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a ...
.
References
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*Sharon Quinsaat's Article entitled "Global Issues, Local Target: The Campaign against a New WTO Round in the Philippines in Teresa Encarnation Tandem, "Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines", ANVIL Publishing, Inc, 2011, p77.
* Star, October 15, 2012
Anna Marie Karaos*https://archive.today/20130116131606/http://rp1.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/05/01/12/labor-group-slams-massive-contractualization
*https://archive.today/20130416095829/http://www.malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/national/2554-not-what-they-wanted-to-hear
*http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/185623/government-rejects-p125-pay-hike-cites-p1-43-t-tab
*Federation of Free Workers, June 1950-June 2010, 60 Years of Empowering Workers, 60th Anniversary FFW Souveiner Magazine.
*Nina Copuz, ABS-CBN News, July 7, 2010.
*Bulletin Today, April 11, 2009
*http://newsflavor.com/world/middle-east/for-on-time-action-to-rescue-ofws-in-libya-labor-group-federation-of-free-workers-lauded-aquino-administration/#ixzz1WUh3pLlR
*http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/116435/rich-urged-to-take-in-homeless-families
*https://web.archive.org/web/20141114082838/http://www.philgreenjobs.dole.gov.ph/nimda/upload/cv_matula.pdf
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120418114943/http://philgreenjobs.dole.gov.ph/news.php
*https://web.archive.org/web/20121007005818/http://www.catholicworker.org/dorothyday/daytext.cfm?TextID=655&SearchTerm=Marx
*http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/109396-pro-bono-labor-lawyer-runs-senator
*https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025955/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/118766/lp-originals-in-lanao-go-una-pre-ml-activists-labor-leader-back-binay
*https://www.equaltimes.org/what-can-workers-in-the?lang=en#.Wk4uP7eWbIU
External links
FFWofficial site.
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National trade-union centers of the Philippines
International Trade Union Confederation
Trade unions established in 1950
Anti-communist organizations in the Philippines
Anti-capitalist organizations
1950 establishments in the Philippines