charter change
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Ahead of Women’s Day, women workers jive to “Sahod, Hindi Chacha!”
Women workers from KMU and other groups staged a palengke dance protest Tuesday calling for Sahod, Hindi ChaCha. They asserted that government priority must focus on wage increases, family living wage, and the end of gender-based violence in the world of work. They opposed the Charter Change peddled by the Marcos Government and slammed it…
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KMU to Marcos govt: wage hikes are doable, Chacha is the real shock to the economy
Militant trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno joined freedom-loving Filipinos who mobilized today against Marcos’ Charter Change ploy. KMU also marched alongside Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Federation of Free Workers, and Public Services Labor Independent Confederation as an all-labor contingent demanding for wage increases from the Marcos administration. This comes after Cong. Joel Chua’s statement…
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KMU to Zubiri: “Bakit ChaCha na ang sayaw mo?”
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed Senate President Zubiri for prioritizing efforts to amend the Constitution while bills to legislate significant wage increases remain languishing in the parliament. Workers from KMU joined a protest in front of the Senate Building in Pasay to say “No To Charter Change, Yes to Wage Increase,” in time…
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On the proposal for a Charter Change
Whichever angle you look at it from, the proposed Charter Change (ChaCha) will not benefit the ordinary Filipino worker. It is merely a dance of knives for landlords, big businessmen and politicians who aim to line their pockets with the people’s taxes and seek to quench their thirst for greater power. Many will dismiss this…