NEWS
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Workers need safe and secure jobs with living wages, not token job opportunities – KMU
National trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno commemorated the International Workers’ Memorial Day with a protest-exhibit in front of the Philippine General Hospital today. Workers stressed that Occupational Safety and Health violations be criminalized as the 10th year of the Kentex fire, where 72 workers were killed, nears. Cases tallied by the Institute for Occupational…
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Workers resist US military intervention 10 days before Labor Day
Kilusang Mayo Uno, together with various democratic sectors, held a protest at Camp Aguinaldo this morning against the intensified military intervention of the United States in the Philippines. This action coincided with the Opening Ceremony of the 40th Balikatan exercises. In the Philippines and in other countries, the imperialist United States dictates policies that lower…
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Manila port workers call for living wages, workplace safety in Labor Day kickoff protest
Workers from several unions in the Manila port area held a Black Saturday Protest action at Recto Avenue corner Abad Santos avenue to amplify their call for a living wage amid economic hardships. “Napakabigat ng trabaho sa pier. Lagpas 8-oras na bugbog ang katawan naming mga manggagawa pero hindi ito natatapatan ng sahod namin” said…
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KMU: Bongbong Marcos is heartless for rejecting calls to certify significant wage increase urgent
National trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno joined the broadest flank of working Filipinos united under the All Workers Unity for a press conference at the University Hotel to denounce Malacanang’s pronouncement rejecting the call to certify the P200 legislated wage increase as urgent. “Walang ni katiting na malasakit si Marcos sa mga manggagawa. Yung…
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Arrest Duterte Now!
Duterte should have been imprisoned a long time ago. He should be held accountable for his long list of crimes against workers. Hundreds of cases of threats, harassment, and intimidation; the murder of 68 workers and unionists, including Dandy Miguel and Manny Asuncion; forced disappearances; and illegal arrests and the filing of fabricated charges —…
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Workers ready to defy DOLE’s Assumption Order to push for wage hike, reinstatement
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) led various groups and democratic sectors in supporting the embattled Nexperia Philippines Inc. Workers Union during a protest at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today. This protest follows the third conciliation session between the union and management since the DOLE issued an Assumption Order on February…
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Kilusang Mayo Uno reiterates call for P1,200 family living wage
As the Committee on Labor and Employment of the 19th Congress deliberates on the proposed bills for wage increase, Kilusang Mayo Uno staged an action in front of the House of Representatives to reiterate the workers’ demand for a P1,200 family living wage for all workers nationwide. “Ang P200 dagdag sahod ay bunga ng tuloy-tuloy…
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RESOURCE: Briefer – Welga ng unyon ng mga manggagawa sa Nexperia
Nobyembre noong nakaraang taon ay nagdeadlock ang collective bargaining agreement sa pagitan ng Nexperia Philippines Inc Workers Union – NAFLU – KMU (NPIWU-NAFLU-KMU) at management ng Nexperia Phils Inc dahil sa pambabarat ng management – Php 17 ang inaalok sa inihahapag ng unyon na Php 50. Enero ng taong 2024 sinimulan ang negosasyon sa CBA.…
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Wage hike, hindi fare hike!
Mariing tinututulan ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ang panukalang pagtaas ng pasahe sa LRT-1 na tinatayang aabot ng P15 kada biyahe. Panibagong dagok na naman ito para sa mga manggagawa at mamayang Pilipino, lalo na sa mga manggagawang arawan ang sahod na umaasa sa pampublikong transportasyon. Sa halip na gawing abot-kaya at epektibo ang mga…
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Makabayan senatoriables, mga lider-masa, dagdag ng PNP sa kasong illegal assembly
Kinukundena ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ang pagdaragdag ng humigit-kumulang 13 lider ng mga progresibong organisasyon at partylist, kabilang ang mga senatoriable ng Makabayan Coalition sa mga kinasuhan nito ng illegal assembly kaugnay ng pagkilos noong Araw ni Bonifacio 2024. Kabilang sa mga kinasuhan ang Makabayan senatoriable na sina KMU Secretary General Jerome Adonis, Makabayan…