The Philippine Industrial Relations Society (PIRS, Inc.) is the Philippine national organization of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) founded in 1966. Its founding members were the British Universities Industrial Relations Association, the Industrial Relations Research Association (USA), the International Institute for Labour Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and the Japan Institute of Labour. Its seat is in Geneva, Switzerland. It was established in response to a growing need to develop and exchange knowledge on industrial relations at the international level, providing the academic and the practitioner with a forum for discussion and research. Contact us at tel-fax (632) 9620422, email- edsison@ymail.com and website- http://pirs08.webs.com