Workers’ strikes should not be blamed for turning off foreign investors 38 SHARES Share it! The Partido Manggagawa (PM) said blaming strikes for lack of interest among foreign investors was a “lame excuse”. “Investors invest in a country primarily because of its profitability and political stability,”PM Chairman Renato Magtubo said in a statement. “The worse part is the President’s deafening silence on the abuse of workers perpetrated by greedy corporations that force workers to go on strike. On Tuesday, Duterte said the strikes and pickets being conducted by labor groups were to be blamed for investors shying away from putting up businesses in the Philippines.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 12, 2018 09:33 UTC