wages
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…