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Pope Francis' homily for his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican last Thursday focused on the exploitation of workers for profit, saying it is a modern-day form of slavery. In addition, the Pope has declared that this act is considered a mortal sin. "This is starving the people with their work for my own profit! Living on the blood of the people. And this is a mortal sin," Pope Francis said at the service, according to a Vatican Radio transcript of his homily. Source: Employers exploitation

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MANILA, Philippines – As the country observed Labor Day yesterday, militant groups decried the low salary, poor working conditions and job contractualization that characterize the country’s labor situation. “How can workers celebrate when they are persecuted by poor wages, irregular jobs, risky and hazardous workplaces and inadequate social protection,” Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymondo Mendoza said. Mendoza said prosperity remains in the hands of the few and the upper class of the society. He lamented the aspired inclusive growth remains elusive for workers because the control mechanisms for it to flow down to the rank and file are broken. The TUCP said employers are not complying with general labor standards because DOLE has limited powers to monitor and conduct workplace inspections. The failure to fully enforce basic labor standards created opportunities for wide-scale practice of contractual work or the so-called “Endo” scheme, Mend...