BY BULATLAT Authorities arrested a labor leader around 2 a.m today at the Westdrive Subdivision, Barangay Labas, Santa Rosa City, Laguna. According to the Organized Labor Association in Line Industries and Agriculture (OLALIA-Kilusang Mayo Uno), labor organizer Leonardo Arceta, 51, was taken to the Santa Rosa Police Station and then transferred to Camp Vicente Lim…
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Para kay Jayco at sa iba pang anak ng picket line
NI VIJAE ALQUISOLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Maaga mong natuklasan Na kinakailangang itigil Ang ikinabubuhay Upang mas ganap na mabuhay. Sa edad sampu, batid mo’ng Nasa may P A A N A N Ng lipunang hugis Mayon Ang iyong talampakan, Ang inyong talampakan. Karugtong ng ABKD ng ‘yong dila Ang MAKIBAKA! Bahagi ng iyong kabataan Ang…
Labor Leader in Laguna Survives Assassination Attempt
BY BULATLAT A labor leader based in Laguna survived assassination attempt by suspected state agents, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reported. Arnold C. Cerdo, vice-president of Sensous Union Labor Organization-IND and staff of Cabuyao Workers Alliance, and his brother-in-law Juanito Dacillo were shot at by two men wearing bonnets and fatigue…
US Financial Crisis Could Lead to Job Losses in RP
Just how vulnerable is the Philippines to the effects of the US financial crisis? Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the Philippines is equipped to withstand the effects of the US financial crisis. But a labor economist thinks otherwise, saying the crisis could result, among other things, in job losses in the Philippines.
Rollbacks Smokescreen to Oil Firms’ Profiteering – Labor Group
BY BULALAT Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May Fist Movement) said the wave of oil price rollbacks is only ‘a smokescreen to the continued exploitation of the oil companies.’ Elmer Labog, KMU chairperson said the people deserve bigger price cuts. The group said the diesel pump price should only be P37 or $0.79 (USD 1:…
Union, Women’s Group Storm DoLE, Seek Probe of Sexual Harassment Cases
BY BULATLAT Members of the union of the Bleustar Marketing and Manufacturing Corporation (BMMC) and GABRIELA staged a picket in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to demand for an investigation of sexual harassment cases allegedly committed by the company’s owner Jimmy Ong against women workers. Emmi de Jesus, GABRIELA secretary general…