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Family recalls ‘traumatic’ bid to save Mary Jane

“I kept calling out my sister’s name, who I thought was already in heaven.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 2, 2015

Labor Day 2015 | Workers, progressive groups unite in call for Aquino’s ouster

“The longer he remains there, the longer would our natural resources be plundered, our working people put at risk, our tillers denied of their land, our people denied of affordable utilities and social services.”

Marya Salamat | May 2, 2015

Labor Day 2015 | Workers, employees call for union organizing

“Amid conditions of low wages, lack of job security, exploitative setup victimizing women, health issues, we can assert our calls and demand that the government responds to our problems if we have a union."

Anne Marxze Umil | May 2, 2015

Veloso family joins Labor Day rally, denounces govt neglect

“I became resolute because of all of you.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 2, 2015

Labor Day

BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO If it were up to television, then there seems to be no reason for people to have strong affinity with Labor Day, let alone a clear idea of what took place on May 1, 1886 when scores of workers/unionists in the United States organized...

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 1, 2015

Commuters group says PNR train derailed due to gross neglect

“Lack of government funding and continued neglect result in the deteriorating quality of services, overcrowding of coaches, and a plethora of safety issues.”

Marya Salamat | May 1, 2015

Ombudsman dismisses QC prosecutor from service

“Raul Desembrana failed to exercise such prudence, caution and attention when he blindly followed his personal caprice and pursued his fancy of having the P80,000 SOP.”

Bulatlat Contributors | May 1, 2015

Ucab’s song of struggle

Dios ti agbabantay, Dios ti tumultulong/
Ti daytoy a bantay lugar naianakan/
Inta’y nakasursuruan iti na Kristiyanoan/
Ugali a napateg iti kaamaan.

Bulatlat Contributors | May 1, 2015

Youth groups storm Ched, denounce tuition increase

“Regardless of the repression students opposing tuition hikes suffer, Ched continues to adhere to the whims of school administrators."

Anne Marxze Umil | Apr 30, 2015

Govt union leaders receive threats via mail

Suspected military agents send snail mail threatening leaders of a government workers’ union to “change your ways.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Apr 30, 2015

Peasant leader killed in Compostela Valley

Luis Carbajosa, 44, peasant leader of Mabini was in the Order of Battle of the military.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Apr 30, 2015

No country for old, even young workers

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Aquino government, according to its Twitter posts, intends to declare as ‘milestones’: the purported decrease in unemployment and the 13th month pay tax exemptions. Filipinos have a term for this: “consuelo de bobo.”...

Benjie Oliveros | Apr 30, 2015

UP Diliman supports call for P16,000 national minimum salary

MANILA — The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) community under the banner of All Workers’ Unity - UPD expressed full support for the call to peg the national minimum wage of all workers at P16,000 (US$358) a month. Faculty members, researchers, employees,...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Apr 30, 2015

Agricultural workers get slave-like wages, federation says

The national federation of agricultural workers fears that sugar workers would be paid even less this crop year as the tariff for imported sugar would go down to just five percent because of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Apr 30, 2015

Labor Day to be marked by protests by different workers’ groups

A mural depicting President Aquino and Uncle Sam in full battle gear aboard an airborne drone, besieged by protests, and a 12-foot effigy of Aquino as Commandeath-in-chief would be the main symbols of protest this May 1st.

Marya Salamat | Apr 30, 2015

They refused to give up on Mary Jane

People who held vigil at the Indonesian embassy for Mary Jane Veloso are just like her, hopeful to find better lives, and justice.

Bulatlat Contributors | Apr 30, 2015

Progressive groups vow to continue bid to #SaveMaryJane, hold Aquino accountable

“As we work for Mary Jane’s freedom, we also continue to hold the Aquino regime accountable for its neglect of OFWs and the continuing economic policies that have made the poor ever vulnerable to human trafficking.”

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Apr 29, 2015