Philippines EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS
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Costal fishing, mainly with wooden-hulled outriggers is a
major source of employment.
Courtesy Philippine Tourist Research and Planning Organization
A high rate of population growth, lack of access to land,
insufficient job creation in industry, and a history of
inappropriate economic policies contributed to high unemployment
and underemployment and a relatively high proportion of the labor
force being in low-productivity, service sector jobs in the late
1980s. Real wages were low, having declined at about 3 percent
per year since 1960, and relatively weak labor unions were unable
to substantially affect the deterioration of workers' earning
power.
Data as of June 1991
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