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Malawakang batikusin ang di-makatarungang hatol na guilty sa mga progresibong kinatawan at gurong makabayan!
Mariing kinukundena ng KMU, sampu ng manggagawang Pilipino, ang di-makatarungang hatol na guilty sa gawa-gawang kasong child abuse na isinampa laban kina former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo at kasalukuyang ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro. Kasama sa nahatulang guilty ang walo pang teacher at ang administrator ng Salugpungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center and…
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KMU’s Statement of Solidarity with Samsung Workers of South Korea
Kilusang Mayo Uno expresses full solidarity with the brave Samsung workers in South Korea who have embarked on an indefinite strike starting July 8 against Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chip maker. The significance of Samsung Electronics in the global high-end chip market cannot be understated, and the National Samsung Electronics Union, representing over…
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KMU on reg’l wage boards: Time to go
Militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno asserted on Tuesday the abolition of the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards (RTWPB) after the NCR board yet again issued a measly P35 wage hike order July 1. KMU called for the reestablishment of a national minimum wage based on the existing family living wage (FLW) currently computed…
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Manggagawa ng pier, gawing regular! Ipagtanggol ang ating kabuhayan at karapatan!
Kaisa ang Kilusang Mayo Uno sa laban ng mga manggagawa ng Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Harbour Centre (UMHC). Nitong nakaraang ika-18 ng Hunyo, nag-piket ang UMHC sa National Labor Relations Commission upang irehistro ang panawagan nila na tuparin ng kumpanya ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema na paburan ang pagbabalik sa mga manggagawang iligal na tinanggal.…
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Manggagawa ng University Hotel, magkaisa! Igiit ang pagtupad sa CBA!
Buong lakas na sinusuportahan ng Kilusang Mayo Uno ang laban ng mga manggagawa ng University Hotel Workers Union-KMU-NCR (UHWU). Kasalukuyang ginigipit ng management ang mga manggagawa ng University Hotel sa Diliman, Quezon City. Hindi tinupad ng management ang Collective Bargaining Agreement na pinagkaisahan ng dalawang panig. Pinagkait sa mga manggagawa ang kanilang mga leave credentials,…
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KMU lambasts BBM and DOLE’s move delaying liveable wage hike
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) strongly criticizes Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for dragging their feet on the urgency of a wage hike needed by Filipino workers to reach family living wage standards. The recent wage hearing of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board–National Capital Region on June…
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On the 126th “Independence” Day
Sa ika-126 na paggunita ng huwad na kalayaan, patuloy na inaasam at ipinaglalaban ng mga manggagawa at mamamayan ang tunay na kalayaan. Nag-aasam ang mga manggagawa ng kalayaan mula sa kahirapan. Nakakulong ang mga manggagawa sa mababang estado ng pamumuhay dahil sa napakababang sahod at malawakang kawalan trabahong disente at may katiyakan. Dagdag pa ang…
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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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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,…