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.
Labor Day 2023: Workers’ stories
Tags: Filipino workers
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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.
19 arrested, scores wounded as cops, guards disperse NutriAsia picketline
“They kept on striking us, even as we raised our hands.” — NutriAsia worker
PH workers stand for the right to strike
“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.”
Mine Workers Decry Lepanto’s ‘Unfair Labor Practices’
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 scheme and other unfair labor practices. Manny Binhaon Jr., president of Lepanto Employees Union-National Federation of Labor…
With Determination (and Some Noise), Union Defeats Giant Firm’s Zero-Wage Hike Policy
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 at the Light Industry Science Park in this town. In January, 400 of…
Over 18,000 Lose Jobs in Country’s Largest Export-Processing Zone
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 export-processing zone in the country – though he and his co-workers had been working for…
Struggling Through Difficult Times
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.
Kowloon Workers Clinch Initial Victory
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 the Kowloon Restaurant along West Avenue in Quezon…
2008: Workers Under Attack, but Gains were Made
The year 2008 was for the most part a bad year for Filipino workers, as their rights were under attack. But there were some rays of light. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO YEAREND REPORT – LABOR Bulatlat The labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement) suffered a hard blow with the arrest of…
Workers Crowd Hearing on P125-Wage Hike Bill
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 Chair Elmer Labog said, “This hearing was the result…