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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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“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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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.…
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Hustisya para sa mga manggagawang biktima ng kapabayaan at paglabag sa OSH standards!
Nagpapahayag ng simpatya at pakikiramay ang Kilusang Mayo Uno sa pamilya ni Allen Glen Malab, isang construction worker na namatay matapos matabunan ng lupa sa construction site sa Antipolo. Ang KMU ay nananawagan ng hustisya para kay Malab, kasabay ng panawagan sa mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng Republic Act 11058 o Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)…
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KMU to Blinken: You’re not welcome!
Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s Manila visit to discuss trade, investment, and bilateral ties with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo. Blinken’s visit can only mean stronger implementation of lopsided economic policies at the expense of the Filipino people and our conditions of labor. “Walang ibang…
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Labanan ang malawakang tanggalan!
Support statement for Nexperia Philippines Incorporated workers who are currently under threat of mass layoffs Ang Kilusang Mayo Uno ay nakikiisa sa makatarungang laban ng Nexperia Philippines Incorporated Workers Union-NAFLU-KMU at mga manggagawa ng Nexperia Philippines Incorporated laban sa hindi makatarungang tanggalan na kinakaharap nila mula Setyembre 2023 hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Noong Setyembre ng 2023,…