wages
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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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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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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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KMU to women workers: Resist ChaCha, advance rights and welfare
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) called on women workers to rise in protest to resist the Charter Change ploy and launch struggles for the people’s rights and welfare in time for the commemoration of International Working Women’s Day on March 8. The labor group asserted that the Charter Change advanced by politicians, and big foreign and…
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Sahod Itaas, gawing nakabubuhay! Sahod hindi Cha-Cha!
Statement of Joanne Cesario, KMU Vice Chairperson for Women’s Affairs, for the Women Workers United press conference, March 6, 2023 Ngayon Buwan ng Kababaihan, malaking hamon ang kinakaharap ng mga manggagawang kababaihan sa laban para sa pagtataas ng sahod. Naipasa na sa Senado ang panukalang dagdag sahod para sa minimum wage earners sa buong bansa…
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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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Workers urge House of Representatives: Wage increase now!
Manifesto of workers submitted to members of the House of Representatives, February 21, 2024 We, workers, urge the honorable House to heed our demands regarding wage increase. While workers’ productivity rises annually, they do not get their fair share, and instead, bear the brunt of skyrocketing prices of goods and services. Thus, we believe that…
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KMU to Congress: Pass wage hike legislation
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno held a protest at the House of Representatives urging lawmakers to pass a counterpart bill to Senate Bill 2534 which recently passed on its third and final reading in the Senate. The group reiterated that the 100-peso wage increase is measly compared to family living wage standards, but it…
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KMU comment on Senate passage of P100 wage hike bill, Congress inaction
The passage of the P100 minimum wage increase bill in the Senate moved forward quickly due to the workers’ continuous insistence and campaigns for wage increases. We reiterate, although this will still be insufficient for workers’ daily needs, it must be ensured that our fellow workers can enjoy it immediately. Meanwhile, some lawmakers in the…