Since 2009 · Metro Manila
A center for workers and the urban poor: the right to work and the right to a decent home. Born on the picket line of the Triumph International garment workers.
What we fight for
Three fronts, one fight: that working people can live with dignity.
Jobs
Homes
Social justice
Do the math
That is the official poverty line per person. Split it across one day of your life and see what is left.
Try itPSA 2025
₱96.22
per person, per day
Am I paid for this day?
Holidays, special days, work suspensions: check what the law says you are owed.
Check my pay →On the board
Since 2026
OngoingThe ASEAN Summit days were declared special non-working days in NCR under “no work, no pay”. We call on DOLE to make full pay mandatory for every affected worker.
Read the statement →Since 2026
OngoingWage Order No. 27 for NCR was suspended by a Status Quo Ante Order after two construction firms challenged it. We say: implement the ₱85 increase now, retroactively, on the way to a family living wage.
Read the statement →Since 2026
WonOur convener, arrested in 2018, faced fourteen cases. On October 20, 2026 he was acquitted of the last one and walked free after eight years.
Read the statement →In our own words
Statements are published in the language they were written in.
November 13, 2026InterviewFIL
Sa panayam ni Banjo Cordero, Executive Director ng Defend Jobs Philippines, binigyang-diin niya ang kawalan ng proteksyon sa sahod ng mga manggagawa sa ilalim ng DOLE Labor Advisory No. 16, Series of 2026, kaugnay ng…
Read →November 13, 2026InterviewFIL
“Huwad itong pagpapakita na may benepisyo sa manggagawa itong magaganap na pagtitipon kasi hindi sa kapakanan ng sambayanan ang pagbisita ni Donald Trump.
Read →November 12, 2026Press statementFIL
Mariing kinokondena ng Defend Jobs Philippines ang pagpapatupad ng patakarang No Work, No Pay para sa November 16–18, 2026, na idineklarang Special Non-Working Days sa National Capital Region (NCR) kaugnay ng…
Read →Our story
2009
Triumph International closes its factory without notice. Its women garment workers, with other groups, found Defend Jobs Philippines on July 19; it is registered with the SEC as a non-profit on September 15.
2010
The Demolition Watch Program begins: documenting housing-rights violations and teaching the right to adequate housing.
2012
Part of the delegation to the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Joins ESCR-Net.
Today
Unions, workers’ associations and people’s organizations across Metro Manila, still fighting to end contractualization.
Unions, associations, communities, students and volunteers: there is a place for you in this work.
