freedom of association
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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 holds National Council meeting in December
The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) held its third National Council Meeting under its 12th Congress last December 17-18, 2023. Over 40 delegates from affiliate national federations, regional chapters, mass organizations, and other allied organizations gathered in the assembly. The Council discussed the achievements of our formations’ political work from 2020-2023. Amid the challenges brought about…
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KMU backs UNSR Khan’s recoms on NTF ELCAC abolition, terror law
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) welcomes UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s recommendations to the Philippine government after her 10-day country visit to investigate the status of freedom of expression in our country. We unequivocally support her position to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) which has made the prospect of…
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Cebu workers first casualty of EO 23
Militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) slammed Marcos Jr’s EO 23 that created the so-called “Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of the Freedom of Association and Right to Organize of Workers.” The labor group said that the implementation of the order proves otherwise – it is a monster preying on workers’ rights and not…
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Unite with the workers of Nexperia Philippines
FIGHT RETRENCHMENT! RESIST AND FRUSTRATE THE ATTACK ON OUR UNIONS! On September 22, 2023, the management of Nexperia announced that eight (8) workers, including three (3) union officials, working at the Sensors Department, which faces an impending closure, will be dismissed through mandatory separation. Last February, Nexperia announced the gradual closure of its Sensors Department…