labor rights
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KMU Chair on DOLE’s ILC Statement downplaying killings
The DOLE’s attempt to evade accountability is outrageous. On June 7, DOLE undersecretary Ernesto Bitonio Jr, in his report, said that the Philippine National Police reports “do not indicate that the killing was motivated by [Dolorosa’s] alleged union activities,” when he spoke about the extrajudicial killing of BIEN organizer Alex Dolorosa. He questions Dolorosa’s identity…
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Laguesma, Resign!
Since Bienvenido Laguesma became Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, he has not once taken the stand of Filipino workers. Whenever our calls for a family living wage, decent jobs, and workers’ rights are advanced, Laguesma always takes the position of big local and foreign capitalists to block our victory. He is truly…
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25 Years of VFA: Military intervention to ensure imperialist plunder
25 Years of VFA: Military intervention to ensure imperialist plunder Kilusang Mayo Uno urges all Filipino workers and people to lead and amplify the resistance against foreign military intervention and imperialist plunder as we commemorate 25 years since the Senate ratification of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The continued existence of such an unequal agreement,…
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Labor groups expose nationwide anti-worker offensive, new modus
In a press conference on May 25, labor groups led by Kilusang Mayo Uno revealed a government concerted effort on intensifying attacks against workers and unionists nationwide. They warned the public of the new modus operandi of filing “terrorist financing” charges against unionists and development workers. Unionists from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao exposed continuing violations…
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RESOURCE: Praymer sa Sahod at Charter Change
Bungad sa manggagawa at mamamayan sa taong 2024 ang pahayag na “hindi muna madaragdagan ang sahod ngayong taon” – sahod na una pa lamang ay kakarampot at di na nakasasapat, at ang pakanang Charter Change ng rehimeng US-Marcos upang diumano palaguin ang ekonomya. Sa gitna ng napakalubhang krisis sa kabuhayan na dinaranas ng mamamayang Pilipino,…
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Tutulan ang tanggalan sa Nexperia Philippines!
Nakikiisa ang Kilusang Mayo Uno sa makatarungang laban ng mga manggagawa ng Nexperia Philippines Inc. Workers Union (NPIWU-NAFLU-KMU) para sa kasiguruhan sa trabaho at laban sa tanggalan. Taong 2023, 8 manggagawa ang tinanggal. Nitong Abril naman, 54 ang pinatawan ng “temporary layoff” ng management, at sa Oktubre ay maaari pa itong madadagdagan ng 72 na…
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KMU on the Supreme Court’s ruling re: Loi Magbanua and Ador Juat
Kilusang Mayo Uno welcomes the Supreme Court’s ruling which upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision declaring that military officials failed in exercising extraordinary diligence, as required of them by law, in investigating the disappearance of its full-time organizers Loi Magbanua and Ador Juat. More than two years since their disappearance, more labor and human rights…
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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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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…