CAMPAIGNS
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KMU on the Supreme Court’s ruling re: Loi Magbanua and Ador Juat
Kilusang Mayo Uno welcomes the Supreme Court’s ruling which upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision declaring that military officials failed in exercising extraordinary diligence, as required of them by law, in investigating the disappearance of its full-time organizers Loi Magbanua and Ador Juat. More than two years since their disappearance, more labor and human rights…
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Urgent Appeal for Action: Surface William Lariosa!
Urgent Appeal for Action: Enforced Disappearance of William Lariosa and Escalating Attacks on Labor Organizers and Workers’ Rights Defenders in Southern Mindanao Region We urgently appeal for national and international solidarity and support in response to the alarming escalation of threats, harassment, violence and enforced disappearance targeting labor organizers, union leaders and workers’ rights defenders…
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“Now is a time for reckoning”
Statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Siegfred Deduro, red-tagging We welcome the Supreme Court’s ruling which declares red-tagging, vilification, labeling, and guilt by association threaten a person’s life, liberty, or security. This is an affirmation of our long-standing assertion: red-tagging is a violation, and leads to more violations, of our most fundamental human rights.…
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Free US Emba 6!
Kilusang Mayo Uno condemns in the highest terms the illegal arrest of 6 protesters who joined the Labor Day march and program earlier today at Roxas Avenue, near the United States Embassy. Today’s Labor Day celebration was against the United States’ plunder of our labor force and resources, and its active warmongering effort in the…
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“Not in our name!” – KMU
Patriotic trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno launched a Red Friday Protest today at the US Embassy against the conduct of the ‘largest’ Balikatan war games which started on April 22 and is set to end on May 9. KMU condemned the obvious war posturing of the United States amid heightening tensions in the West…
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KMU to Marcos: “The Filipino people and workers are displeased with your self-aggrandizing schemes”
Kilusang Mayo Uno, together with Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, and NAGKAISA labor coalition held a press conference today as the National Wage Coalition. Other labor groups such as Partido Manggagawa, Public Services Labor Independent Confederation, and Public Services International also joined the conference. The groups united under the banner…
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Defend Lupang Tartaria! Ayala-Aguinaldo, Layas!
Mariing kinukundena ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ang matinding pandarahas ng mga pribadong goons ng tambalang Ayala at Aguinaldo sa mga magsasaka ng Lupang Tartaria kaninang 2:00 ng madaling araw. Marahas na pinasok ng mga armadong goons mula sa Jarton Security Agency ang kampuhan ng mamamayan ng Lupang Tartaria, sinaktan at tinutukan ng baril ang…
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Hustisya para kay Kal Peralta! Panagutin ang AFP-PNP sa paglabag sa karapatang pantao at international humanitarian law!
Kinukundena ng KMU ang walang-habag na pagpaslang ng mga elemento ng AFP kay Kaliska Dominica “Kal” Peralta, dating lider-estudyante sa UP Diliman na nagpasyang manilbihan sa masang magsasaka at katutubo sa kanayunan. Inihiwalay sa kanyang mga kasamahan at saka pinaslang si Kal nang di na ito armado sa isang tahasang paglabag sa internasyunal na makataong…
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Marcos gov’t continues chatter on Cha-Cha, radio silent on wage
Militant trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) lambasted the Marcos government for complete silence on wage increase as government action is focused on amending the 1987 Constitution. Last month, the first tranche of Wage Order RXI-22 took effect, raising the minimum wage in the Davao Region by 19 pesos. KMU highlighted how small and…
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Amid extreme heat, employers and gov’t responsible for workers’ health and safety – KMU
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) reiterated that the government and employers are equally responsible for workers’ health and safety at work, and the proper implementation of occupational health and safety standards (OSH). KMU said that such responsibility proves to be more urgent amid the extreme heat experienced in workplaces and in workers’ commute.…