“Ayroso has long been the target [of management] because of his willingness to fight for their Collective Bargaining Agreement, Occupational Safety and Health inspections, and other workers’ rights,” Kilusang Mayo Uno said in its statement.
Workers from different parts of the country joined protest actions on Labor Day. In Manila, these workers asserted that a substantial wage hike is necessary.
Ang patuloy na pagpapayaman at pagpapalakas ng kapangyarihan ng mga kapitalista ay nangyayari sa patuloy na pagpapahirap at pagpapahina ng mga manggagawa. Ang tanong sa puntong ito: Nagtatagumpay kaya sila? Hindi po.
Pansinin ang sunud-sunod na welga sa iba’t ibang lugar ng Pilipinas. Iisa ang mga panawagan, iba-iba lang ang pangalan ng mga opisina’t pagawaan. Iisa rin ang solusyon ng kapitalista’t pamahalaan, iba-iba nga lang ang porma: Karahasan.
“They kept on striking us, even as we raised our hands.” -- NutriAsia worker
“The right to strike cannot be separated from the right to organize. The reason why workers are organized and unionized is to collectively defend their right and through a strike they are asserting that right. Without it, organizing is futile.”
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Labor Watch Northern Dispatch MANKAYAN, Benguet, Philippines -- Mine workers at the Lepanto Mine Division of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) picketed the company's general office to demand a stop to the extended work-rotation...
By MARYA SALAMAT Labor Watch Bulatlat CABUYAO, Laguna, Philippines -- As with millions of workers around the globe, the first half of the year has been unkind to Filipino workers of NXP (The Next Performance), a leading global semiconductors company with operations...
Contractualization is a scheme that allows capitalists to replace their workforce with ease according to market demands. For the management, this translates to maximization of profits but for the laborers, this system denies them the security and benefits of a...
If Pres. Arroyo wants to talk about “social payback from the booming economy”, the only acceptable and meaningful social payback that Filipino workers deserve today is a substantial wage increase complemented by price controls, tax reforms, and drastic increases in...
Si Ka Bel ang anti-thesis ng pagtaliwas sa linya ng historikal na panlipunang pagbabago. Nanatiling naninindigan si Ka Bel sa kilusang masa hanggang sa huling sandali na ang wanna-be gitnang uring mamamayan ay higit na nahahalina sa Nokia N-90, Trinoma at Mall of...
BY Bulatlat.com September 3, 2008 - 4:31 p.m. Workers led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May First Movement), and various sectors led by the Unity for P125 alliance, attended en masse the first hearing of the P125 wage hike bill in the House of Representatives. KMU...
For the past nine years, Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc. has been closing down its warehouses, in the process, removing workers from their jobs. The company claims it is a “money-saving” scheme. But an interview with the union president shows that the company...
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Sa kapitalismo, binubura ang napakahalagang lahok ng paggawa sa transformasyon ng hilaw na materyales—mga bagay—tungo sa pagiging komoditi nito. Nawawala ang paggawa sa pagtunghay, resepsyon at konsumpsyon ng komoditi. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA...
‘Not without a fight’ seems to be the motto of many militant unions against efforts to bust their unions; they basically always put up a fight for wages, jobs and rights. BY MARYA SALAMAT LABOR WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008...
The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board VI labor representative Winnie Sancho last week urged employers and the local government units to give emergency relief to workers to stave off the debilitating effects of high prices of rice and other basic...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Children begging in the streets at night Knocking on cars till the morning light People standing in line for a kilo of rice Welcome to the Dark Ages, the era of lies... --...
When Bulatlat last visited Arnold Redondo, which was early last February, he still had his job as a production operator at Eighttech Manufacturing Corporation, one of the companies operating at the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) which is the largest...
With the US dominating the world economy, the effects of this crunch have spread to other countries including the Philippines – affecting multitudes of workers who are now struggling to simply live through the difficult times.
After being on strike for more than four months now, workers of the Kowloon Restaurant along West Avenue in Quezon City were able to clinch an initial victory. BY RONALYN V. OLEA LABOR WATCH Bulatlat After being on strike for more than four months now, workers of...
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