Federation of Free Workers

Philippines

Members

200,000

Key people

Atty. Sonny Matula [es], National President
Mr. Oliver Mondigo, National Vice President

AffiliationsITUC, ITUC-Asia Pacific, BWI, EI and INDUSTRIALLWebsitehttps://www.ffw.ph/

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is a national trade union center in the Philippines. It was founded 19 June 1950, and has a dues-paying membership of around 40,000.

The FFW is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

References

ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
Sharon Quinsaat's Article entitled "Global Issues, Local Target: The Campaign against a New WTO Round in the Philippines in Teresa Encarnation Tandem, "Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines", ANVIL Publishing, Inc, 2011, p77.
http://globalbalita.com/2012/10/15/we-commit-to-peace/Philippine Star, October 15, 2012
Anna Marie Karaos
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/185623/government-rejects-p125-pay-hike-cites-p1-43-t-tab
Federation of Free Workers, June 1950-June 2010, 60 Years of Empowering Workers, 60th Anniversary FFW Souveiner Magazine.
Nina Copuz, ABS-CBN News, July 7, 2010.
Bulletin Today, April 11, 2009
http://newsflavor.com/world/middle-east/for-on-time-action-to-rescue-ofws-in-libya-labor-group-federation-of-free-workers-lauded-aquino-administration/#ixzz1WUh3pLlR
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https://web.archive.org/web/20141114082838/http://www.philgreenjobs.dole.gov.ph/nimda/upload/cv_matula.pdf
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