WATCH: Workers call for decent wages, job security on Labor Day

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Labor groups and advocates troop to Mendiola to continue to call for better working conditions in the Philippines. Rappler's Michelle Abad files this report. LaborDay

Around 1,000 cops were deployed to Mendiola, according to ground commander Police Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Mupas of the Manila Police District. The MPD’s crowd estimate was at 2,000 in Mendiola, but labor groups said the participants in the demonstration reached around 15,000.

Meanwhile, the Philippine government holds various job fairs nationwide. Some job applicants at the Department of Migrant Workers’ overseas job fair said that they are applying for work abroad due to low salaries and their hopes to better support their families.

 

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