labor rights

  • KMU on the enduring resistance of Palestine

    KMU on the enduring resistance of Palestine

    Kilusang Mayo Uno vehemently condemns the ongoing US-backed Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. As we commemorate the enduring resistance of Palestine, we reaffirm our solidarity with their struggle against the zionist settler Israel and warmonger US. The atrocities committed by the Israeli government, with full support from US imperialism, are a grave violation of…

  • KMU on recent OP and OVP budget deliberations: Plunderers on Blank Checks

    KMU on recent OP and OVP budget deliberations: Plunderers on Blank Checks

    Kilusang Mayo Uno denounces the recent budget hearings for the Office of the President (OP) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as a massive disrespect to the Filipino people. The manner in which these hearings were conducted and the proposed budgets themselves are an insult to the laboring masses who tirelessly pay taxes…

  • On the June 2024 Labor Force Survey: Low-quality jobs, meager wages

    On the June 2024 Labor Force Survey: Low-quality jobs, meager wages

    Low-quality, temporary, and short-term jobs. Meager and exploitative wages. This is the full picture as revealed by the data from the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Labor Force Survey (LFS) for the month of June 2024. Unemployment decreased to 3.1% or 1.62 million individuals, while the underemployed increased to 6.08 million, or 12.1% of all employed…

  • Hinggil sa June 2024 Labor Force Survey: Mababang kalidad ng trabaho, salat na sahod

    Hinggil sa June 2024 Labor Force Survey: Mababang kalidad ng trabaho, salat na sahod

    Mababang kalidad, temporary at short-term na trabaho. Sahod na salat at malaalipin. Ito ang tunay na larawan na makikita sa datos mula sa Labor Force Survey (LFS) ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) para sa buwan ng Hunyo 2024. Bumaba patungong 3.1% o 1.62 milyong indibidwal ang unemployed, samantalang lumobo naman ang underemployed na mga indibidwal…

  • ‘Yes’ – panalo sa strike vote! Welga sa Nexperia, tuloy na tuloy na!

    ‘Yes’ – panalo sa strike vote! Welga sa Nexperia, tuloy na tuloy na!

    Matapos ang strike voting nitong Hulyo 29 at 30, mapagpasyang tinakdaan ng mga manggagawa ng Nexperia ang kanilang welga. Pinili ng mga manggagawa, sa isang overwhelming majority, na tanganan ang sandata ng welga upang labanan ang garapalang tanggalan at ipagtanggol ang katiyakan sa trabaho. Malugod na bumabati at nagpupugay ang Kilusang Mayo Uno at ang…

  • Austin-Blinken visit signals US intent to escalate conflict with China

    Austin-Blinken visit signals US intent to escalate conflict with China

    Today, war criminals Lloyd Austin and Anthony Blinken visited the Philippines to hold the 2+2 dialogue with Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo that constitutes a substantial $500 million foreign military financing commitment from the US to the Philippines, facilitated by a recent national security supplemental approved by Congress.  The…

  • KMU to Nexperia workers: Yes to job security, yes to strike!

    KMU to Nexperia workers: Yes to job security, yes to strike!

    Humigit kumulang 600 na ang mga manggagawang tinanggal ng kapitalistang Nexperia simula noong nakaraang taon. Ginamit ng management na criteria ang performance at pinrayoridad nilang tanggalin ang mga manggagawa na itinuring nilang mayroong “low performance.” Labag ito sa nakasaad na probisyon sa Collective Bargaining Agreement ng unyon. Buong-buo ang suporta ng Kilusang Mayo Uno sa…

  • Kilusang Mayo Uno fully supports Nexperia workers’ strike voting

    Kilusang Mayo Uno fully supports Nexperia workers’ strike voting

    Kilusang Mayo Uno stands in solidarity with the courageous Nexperia workers as they conduct their strike voting today amidst the unjust layoffs and cost-cutting measures imposed by the multinational corporation. The recent wave of layoffs at the multinational company, Nexperia, which has resulted in over 500 workers being dismissed based on performance, is a clear…

  • Urgent call for assistance to typhoon victims in Luzon

    To our trade union brothers and sisters, and friends in the international community, We appeal for your solidarity as huge parts of the Luzon island in the Philippines, including Metro Manila have been ravaged by two consecutive typhoons – Butchoy and Carina (intl name: Gaemi), compounded by the effects of habagat (southwest monsoon). This caused…

  • Kundenahin ang pakikialam ng management sa strike voting ng Nexperia!

    Kundenahin ang pakikialam ng management sa strike voting ng Nexperia!

    Mahigpit na kinukundena ng Kilusang Mayo Uno ang pakikialam ng management ng Nexperia sa ginagawang strike voting ng mga manggagawa nito. Bago pa magsimula ang strike voting, nakaranas na ng panggigipit ang mga manggagawa ng Nexperia mula sa management. Kunwaring pinapagamit nila ang pasilidad ng kumpanya nang may iba’t ibang kondisyon. Pinapa-tap ng management ang…