Church people hold mass on Labor Day in support of P125 wage hike (Photo courtesy of PCPR / Bulatlat.com)
Day: May 1, 2012
Bulatlat Live: May 1 Labor Day
By BULATLAT STAFF
Flipino working people mark this Labor Day as a “day of reckoning” as the Aquino government continues to frustrate their long-standing demands. Follow Bulatlat.com’s live coverage.
Advocacy group for indigenous peoples pushes agenda for education
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
Since 2009, militarization has caused the closure of schools and disruption of classes in the rural areas of Mindanao.
US told to keep aid to the Philippines conditional on holding rights violators liable
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Philippine government’s pronouncements on improving human rights have been mostly talk, and not much action.” – Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch
On Labor Day, Government employees march to press for P6,000 increase
May 1, 2012 References: Ferdinand R. Gaite, National President Santi Dasmarinas Jr., COURAGE 1st Vice President MANILA – Thousands of government employees, their families and communities today marched under the banner of the militant COURAGE, the national center of government employees, and joined their private sector counterpart, the Kilusang Mayo Uno in Plaza Miranda and…
Students join in Labor Day protests; decry being made into ‘cheap labor force’
Reference: Isabelle Therese Baguisi, NUSP Secretary-General The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) joins in the ranks of workers as they commemorate May 1 as a day of protest. “The Aquino administration has seemingly taken on the promise to destroy any bright future for the youth with this government’s insistence of molding the…
Solon calls on congress to immediately enact house bills to increase public sector pay
May 1, 2012 Reference: ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. Antonio L. Tinio The Aquino Administration’s supposed “surprise” elicited no impressed comments among the labor sector and various labor groups. Various groups vehemently called on to Aquino to stop prioritizing big corporations and start recognizing the rights of workers to decent pay. Rep. Antonio Tinio of ACT…
Statement of Migrante International on May Day 2012
Migrante International marches today with the working people of the world in the fight against imperialist plunder and war that continue to threaten the lives and welfare of peoples, migrants and migrant workers, particularly overseas Filipinos and their families. Today, Migrante International unites with other sectors of Philippine society to condemn the Aquino administration’s puppetry…