International Labor Day 2023: Agri-workers renew call for rights protection as food & climate crises worsen
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) renewed its demand for substantial protection of the rights and welfare of agricultural workers amid worsening global food and climate crises. CAWI emphasized that, like the rest of […]
Philippine labor ministry urged to allow ILO mission
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) recently submitted a letter to the Philippine labor ministry to immediately allow the International Labor Organization (ILO) to conduct its High-Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) to the Philippines to […]
On the ILO High-Level Tripartite Mission in the Philippines
Sep 27, 2022
HON. BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA
Secretary
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Republic of the Philippines
Dear Secretary Laguesma:
Greetings from the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI).
It has come to our attention through our member in the Philippines, […]
Migrant, agri workers’ struggles, commemorated in Malaysia
PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA – “Workers come to work to live, not to die,” said Irene Xavier, co-chair of the Labour Law Reform Coalition last April 28 during the organisation’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) press […]
Agri workers’ rights are human rights
While 170,000 farmers and farm workers worldwide are killed annually due to unsafe working conditions and suffer twice the risk of death compared to other industries, the agricultural sector remains systemically underrepresented in the discourse […]
[Webinar] Agri Workers’ Rights are Human Rights
On International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2021, at 3:00 AM Eastern Time, we invite you to a webinar organized by the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI), entitled “Agri Workers’ Rights are Human Rights.”
Amid the starvation […]
Upholding Labor Standards For Agricultural Workers, More Urgent During COVID-19 Crisis – PANAP
PAN Asia Pacific, Press Release
PENANG, Malaysia – Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today urged governments to not just ensure that immediate financial relief are provided to agricultural workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Wage Crisis of the Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: Fair & Living Wage for the Plantation Workers
Background Information:
The Plantation People (Indian Origin Tamils) form a Minority community that consists of about 4.4% (2012) of the population in Sri Lanka and at present it is estimated as approximately 1.5 million. When in […]
Statement on the massacre of 9 agri workers in Hacienda Nene, Philippines
Photo credit: KASAMA TK
Satement
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) condemns the massacre of nine agricultural workers, including four women and two minors, allegedly by 40 armed goons on October 20 in Hacienda Nene, Sagay City, […]
Agricultural Workers Demand Military to Keep Out of Sumifru Strike
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) today demanded that the military stay out of the ongoing strike of the 900 workers of Japanese conglomerate owned Sumifru Corporation Philippines in Compostela Valley.
According to John […]
Migrant workers in the plantation sector expect and deserve no less
Following up on its statement on Women in Oil Palm, Tenaganita turns its attention to the situation of migrant workers in oil palm plantations.
The majority of workers (about 85%), in oil palm plantations in Malaysia are […]
Crackdown not in sync with ‘new Malaysia’, immigration told
PETALING JAYA: Activists have questioned immigration director-general Mustafar Ali after he defended the nationwide crackdown on undocumented workers despite criticism from rights groups.
Vocal migrant rights organisation Tenaganita said the main problem with the crackdown was […]