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Contractualization at SM

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SM is the biggest department store chain in the Philippines. It is owned by Henry Sy, one of the biggest comprador bourgeoisie in the Philippines. It has 14 branches nationwide. It is also the biggest company in the Philippines that employs the most number of contractual workers.

* Up to 90% of SM�s 20,000 workers are contractual. In SM�s six Metro Manila branches, only 1,447 workers are regular.

* Every month, SM hires up to 10,000 new workers who will work for three to five months as contractuals.

* SM earned P2.7 billion in 1998. On the other hand, salesladies who have worked at SM for 10 to 20 years earn a mere P250 per day.

* SM is considered a garrison because it bans workers from joining union activities and prohibits the establishment of unions in its new branches.

April 2002
English Edition

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