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Mayo 1, 2013: Dambuhalang protesta vs ‘kontra-obrerong’ rehimen ni PNoy

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Sinabi ni Pangulong Aquino na dapat daw magdiwang ang sektor ng paggawa sa Mayo 1, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa, dahil sa “good job” na ginawa ng administrasyon at naturang sektor. Pero ang sagot ng mga manggagawa: mas masidhing protesta at pagkondena. Humigit-kumulang 30,000 katao, mula sa iba’t ibang unyon, pederasyon at organisasyong masa ang lumahok [...]

Pakikiisa ni Cardinal Tagle sa buhay at pakikibaka ng mga manggagawa

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Dignidad, dangal at karapatan muna ng mga manggagawa bago ang pera o tubo. Ito ang isa sa mga mungkahi ni Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, sa kanyang sermon sa misa para sa manggagawa noong Mayo 1, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa sa Simbahan ng Quiapo sa Maynila. Mga mungkahi ito ni Tagle na tugon sa mga problemang [...]

Infographic: Two-tiered wage system at lumiliit na sahod sa buong mundo

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Maikling kasaysayan ng two-tiered wage system sa buong mundo — at kung papaano nito pinaliliit ang sahod ng manggagawa. (Source: Crispin B. Beltran Resource Center)

On eve of Labor Day: Workers protest DOLE silence on labor cases

Advan workers picketing the DOLE main office. (Jovianne Figueroa)

Laid off and unfairly dismissed workers from different companies aired their grievances  in front of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to call for justice and labor rights, on the eve of Labor Day. Workers from Advan Shoes, People’s Journal and Toyota Motors Inc., with Defend Job Philippines, rallied in front of DOLE main office, [...]

Kalamidad at takot sa Baganga

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Salaysay ng mamamahayag ng Pinoy Weekly na si Macky Macaspac hinggil sa karanasan ng mga naging bahagi ng fact-finding-mission sa Baganga, Davao Oriental

Workers call for significant wage hike, end to contractualization, on eve of Labor Day

Junk Contraktualization - This is one of the demands of workers who form an alliance called Act2Win.  Forming the alliance are; AFW, FFW, KMU, NLU, NFL, Paflu, Access, Guts-PLDT, Postal, YCW, BFU vs BFP 268, Defend Job Philippines at KPMM. (Macky Macaspac)

Reiterating their Labor Day demands, workers from biggest labor groups in the country marched to Mendiola two days before May 1 to press for significant wage hike. Led by the Action against Contractualization Towards a Significant Wage Increase Now! (ACT2WIN), workers numbering about 300 sent an “SOS” — “SOS” meaning “Significant wage hike, Overturn contractualization, [...]

Sa malamig na pabrika ng bakal

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Labing apat na taon nang nagtatrabaho sa Pentagon Steel Corporation si Nestle Gabriel, 36. Pero isang araw na papasok na sana siya sa pabrika, hindi na siya pinapasok ng manedsment. Tanggal na raw siya sa trabaho. Hindi pala siya nag-iisa. Kabilang si Gabriel sa 140 manggagawa ng naturang pabrika ng bakal na sabay-sabay tinanggalan ng [...]

Workers, other sectors launch metro-wide protest vs power rate hike

Urban poor activists from Gabriela, Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap or Kadamay, and Piston Party-list, among others, launch a noise barrage protest to condemn rising electricity rates and high prices of basic commodities. (Emilie Van Limbergen)

Workers led by militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, as well as other progressive organizations, launched Metro Manila-wide protests against the power rate hike this April and the rising prices of basic commodities. Among the targets of protest was a local office in Espana Avenue, Manila of the country’s biggest power distributor, Manila Electro Co. [...]

Protestang bayan ikinakasa ng iba’t ibang grupo vs taas-presyo ng langis

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Nagbanta ang iba’t ibang sektoral na organisasyon na maglulunsad sila ng protestang bayan sa Marso dahil sa sunud-sunod na taas-presyo ng langis. “Nakakagalit ang sunud-sunod na pagtaas. Halatang-halata na may overpricing na ginagawa ang kartel ng langis,” ani Roger Soluta, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). Sa pananaliksik ng grupo noong ikalawang hati ng [...]

Bill seeking P125 wage hike OK’d, but workers must wait for 16th Congress approval

Rep. Manny Pacquiao calls for the immediate passage of P125 wage hike. (Macky Macaspac/PW file photo)

The House Committee on Labor and Employment (Cole), on the last day of Congress session, finally passed the bill to increase wage of workers from the private sector. Still, workers need to wait for the next congress in July for the bill’s approval. Nevertheless, the militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) commended the committee [...]

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