Benjamin Velasco
@bbvelasco.bsky.social
In the intersection of industrial relations and social development
Teaching at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations
Studying at the College of Social Work and Community Development
University of the Philippines Diliman
Teaching at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations
Studying at the College of Social Work and Community Development
University of the Philippines Diliman
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
We are appealing for urgent assistance to help our Partido Manggagawa and Partido Manggagawa Kabataan members and their families recover and rebuild their lives after Tropical Storm Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We are appealing for urgent assistance to help our Partido Manggagawa and Partido Manggagawa Kabataan members and their families recover and rebuild their lives after Tropical Storm Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
AYALA WALK AGAINST CORRUPTION
Kitakits po sa Friday, November 14.
#Corruption
#buwisnaminwagnakawin
#TrillionPesoMarch
Kitakits po sa Friday, November 14.
#Corruption
#buwisnaminwagnakawin
#TrillionPesoMarch
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
AYALA WALK AGAINST CORRUPTION
Kitakits po sa Friday, November 14.
#Corruption
#buwisnaminwagnakawin
#TrillionPesoMarch
Kitakits po sa Friday, November 14.
#Corruption
#buwisnaminwagnakawin
#TrillionPesoMarch
Our conference is a “mini conference” within the larger @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2026 conference scheduled for July 1-3, 2026 in Bordeaux, France.
Click link for the full Call for Papers and to learn how to submit your abstract.
tulelabour.org/rethinking-l...
Click link for the full Call for Papers and to learn how to submit your abstract.
tulelabour.org/rethinking-l...
Rethinking Labour on a Troubled Planet – Trade Unions and Labour Environmentalism Network (TULE)
tulelabour.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Our conference is a “mini conference” within the larger @sasemeeting.bsky.social 2026 conference scheduled for July 1-3, 2026 in Bordeaux, France.
Click link for the full Call for Papers and to learn how to submit your abstract.
tulelabour.org/rethinking-l...
Click link for the full Call for Papers and to learn how to submit your abstract.
tulelabour.org/rethinking-l...
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Clean Cars, Dirty Nickel: Mapping the Indonesia–China–Germany nickel supply chain for EV batteries: power-shift.de/en/clean-car...
Clean Cars, Dirty Nickel: Mapping the Indonesia–China–Germany nickel supply chain for EV batteries
Nickel plays a critical role in the green transition as it is one of essential feedstocks for lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs). As Indonesia mines more than half of global nick...
power-shift.de
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Clean Cars, Dirty Nickel: Mapping the Indonesia–China–Germany nickel supply chain for EV batteries: power-shift.de/en/clean-car...
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
📣 We're hiring!
The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe
The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📣 We're hiring!
The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe
The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Hands off Venezuela!
No to US intervention!
No to US intervention!
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hands off Venezuela!
No to US intervention!
No to US intervention!
Abstract
Duterte imposed one of the longest lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 yet recorded at times the highest number of infections in the region. This paper asserts that it is precisely the authoritarian nature of the regime that has caused the tragedy.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Duterte imposed one of the longest lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 yet recorded at times the highest number of infections in the region. This paper asserts that it is precisely the authoritarian nature of the regime that has caused the tragedy.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
An Epidemic of Human Rights Violations: The Authoritarian Response to COVID-19 in Duterte’s Philippines
Philippines President Duterte imposed one of the longest lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 yet recorded at various times the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia. This paper assert...
link.springer.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Abstract
Duterte imposed one of the longest lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 yet recorded at times the highest number of infections in the region. This paper asserts that it is precisely the authoritarian nature of the regime that has caused the tragedy.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Duterte imposed one of the longest lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 yet recorded at times the highest number of infections in the region. This paper asserts that it is precisely the authoritarian nature of the regime that has caused the tragedy.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
'Non-standard and precarious work across Europe: an overview and mapping of national actions'
Report by @wzwysen.bsky.social 🔗 etui.org/ZVL
Report by @wzwysen.bsky.social 🔗 etui.org/ZVL
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'Non-standard and precarious work across Europe: an overview and mapping of national actions'
Report by @wzwysen.bsky.social 🔗 etui.org/ZVL
Report by @wzwysen.bsky.social 🔗 etui.org/ZVL
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
WHITE FRIDAY PROTEST CONTINUES
October 24, 2025
5:00 PM EDSA Shrine
5:30 PM Ateneo Gate 2.5 Katipunan for a Prayer Rally and Noise Barrage led by ADMU Student Organizations
October 24, 2025
5:00 PM EDSA Shrine
5:30 PM Ateneo Gate 2.5 Katipunan for a Prayer Rally and Noise Barrage led by ADMU Student Organizations
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
WHITE FRIDAY PROTEST CONTINUES
October 24, 2025
5:00 PM EDSA Shrine
5:30 PM Ateneo Gate 2.5 Katipunan for a Prayer Rally and Noise Barrage led by ADMU Student Organizations
October 24, 2025
5:00 PM EDSA Shrine
5:30 PM Ateneo Gate 2.5 Katipunan for a Prayer Rally and Noise Barrage led by ADMU Student Organizations
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Online presentation this Saturday, on Against the Crisis. 2pm ET, aka 8pm CET.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@factsustain.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@factsustain.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Online presentation this Saturday, on Against the Crisis. 2pm ET, aka 8pm CET.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@factsustain.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@factsustain.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
Government should adopt proactive measures to cushion the impact on affected firms and workers through social protection and reskilling programs, while also rethinking the country’s long-term economic direction
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/10/21/p...
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/10/21/p...
PHL must rethink export dependence amid new US tariffs, says expert | Ma. Alyanna Selda
THE Philippines should begin crafting industrial policies and redistributing its assets to create domestic demand for its commodities as the tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump weighs on the c...
businessmirror.com.ph
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Government should adopt proactive measures to cushion the impact on affected firms and workers through social protection and reskilling programs, while also rethinking the country’s long-term economic direction
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/10/21/p...
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/10/21/p...
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Palayain ang arestadong Indonesian activists
Pakikiisa sa August protests sa Indonesia
Laban sa corruption at authoritarianism
Pakikiisa sa August protests sa Indonesia
Laban sa corruption at authoritarianism
October 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Palayain ang arestadong Indonesian activists
Pakikiisa sa August protests sa Indonesia
Laban sa corruption at authoritarianism
Pakikiisa sa August protests sa Indonesia
Laban sa corruption at authoritarianism
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Workers' rights need protection and reinforcement - and international #HumanRights standards can play an important role in achieving this aim ⚖️
We had a full room at our recent launch of the new book 'The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation'
🧵👇
We had a full room at our recent launch of the new book 'The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation'
🧵👇
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Workers' rights need protection and reinforcement - and international #HumanRights standards can play an important role in achieving this aim ⚖️
We had a full room at our recent launch of the new book 'The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation'
🧵👇
We had a full room at our recent launch of the new book 'The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Employment Relation'
🧵👇
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Partido Manggagawa urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take immediate action over the reported deportation of Filipino seafarers by United States authorities
www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/...
www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/...
www.abs-cbn.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Partido Manggagawa urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take immediate action over the reported deportation of Filipino seafarers by United States authorities
www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/...
www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/...
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/09/24/d...
Providing for emergency jobs are not inherently flawed, but its usefulness depends on integration with skills training and broader employment strategies
Providing for emergency jobs are not inherently flawed, but its usefulness depends on integration with skills training and broader employment strategies
Doubled Tupad budget risks waste, patronage–economists | Justine Xyrah Garcia
THE Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program will get almost P27 billion next year after lawmakers doubled its budget. Economists warned on Tuesday, however, that...
businessmirror.com.ph
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/09/24/d...
Providing for emergency jobs are not inherently flawed, but its usefulness depends on integration with skills training and broader employment strategies
Providing for emergency jobs are not inherently flawed, but its usefulness depends on integration with skills training and broader employment strategies
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Tuloy ang laban kontra corruption
Baguhin ang sistema
Baguhin ang sistema
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Tuloy ang laban kontra corruption
Baguhin ang sistema
Baguhin ang sistema
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Buwis namin, Wag nakawin
Sama na sa White Friday Protest
Trillion Peso March Movement
Sama na sa White Friday Protest
Trillion Peso March Movement
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Buwis namin, Wag nakawin
Sama na sa White Friday Protest
Trillion Peso March Movement
Sama na sa White Friday Protest
Trillion Peso March Movement
Unemployment drop & labor force participation rise are positive news as more people who were out of work or discouraged from working are now employed. Hopefully, more of them are in full-time work and good jobs, as shown in a slight decrease in the underemployed
www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/...
www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/...
Jobless rate eases to 3.9% in August - BusinessWorld Online
THE PHILIPPINES’ unemployment rate dropped to 3.9% in August, driven by renewed hiring in the agriculture and construction sectors, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.
www.bworldonline.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Unemployment drop & labor force participation rise are positive news as more people who were out of work or discouraged from working are now employed. Hopefully, more of them are in full-time work and good jobs, as shown in a slight decrease in the underemployed
www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/...
www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/...
The government should cushion displaced construction workers through social protection measures while accelerating a shift toward sustainable employment.
www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-ma...
www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-ma...
Safety nets touted as infra job-creation engine stalls - BusinessWorld Online
THE government should address the negative trend in employment by expanding social safety nets and redeploying workers to “green” jobs, labor advocates said.
www.bworldonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The government should cushion displaced construction workers through social protection measures while accelerating a shift toward sustainable employment.
www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-ma...
www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-ma...
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/09/11/c...
Economic & political factors have converged, resulting in decreased employment in construction. Fallout from the outrage over corruption will deepen the labor market downturn.
Economic & political factors have converged, resulting in decreased employment in construction. Fallout from the outrage over corruption will deepen the labor market downturn.
Construction jobs dipping, worse seen amid F.C.P. probe | Justine Xyrah Garcia
THE decline in construction employment could worsen in the coming months as the government’s ongoing investigation into flood control projects (FCP) disrupts infrastructure works, labor experts warned...
businessmirror.com.ph
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
businessmirror.com.ph/2025/09/11/c...
Economic & political factors have converged, resulting in decreased employment in construction. Fallout from the outrage over corruption will deepen the labor market downturn.
Economic & political factors have converged, resulting in decreased employment in construction. Fallout from the outrage over corruption will deepen the labor market downturn.
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
TULE was on summer break for a couple of weeks, but we are BACK! Please join us in this special event to discuss @alybatt.bsky.social's new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. October 6, 3pm EST via Zoom. Register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TULE was on summer break for a couple of weeks, but we are BACK! Please join us in this special event to discuss @alybatt.bsky.social's new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. October 6, 3pm EST via Zoom. Register here: yorku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Myanmar and Hong Kong offer a compelling comparative study of labour responses to authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite differences, labour responses in Hong Kong and Burma affirm the notion of the working class as democracy’s champion.
globallabourcolumn.org/2025/09/23/i...
globallabourcolumn.org/2025/09/23/i...
September 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Myanmar and Hong Kong offer a compelling comparative study of labour responses to authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite differences, labour responses in Hong Kong and Burma affirm the notion of the working class as democracy’s champion.
globallabourcolumn.org/2025/09/23/i...
globallabourcolumn.org/2025/09/23/i...
Reposted by Benjamin Velasco
Trillion Peso March and Rally
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Trillion Peso March and Rally