“As the affected indigenous peoples community, the exercise of our right to self-determination through the free, prior and informed consent process has been systematically and insidiously curtailed.”
Tags: Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo)
Lepanto Miners Nabbed, Dispersed
While protests against the continued stay of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo heighten in Metro Manila and key cities nationwide, the workers at Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) continue to fight for their rights and welfare. The management, however, with the help of the police, has only responded with violence at the picket line as the strike…
Sharing Struggles
At the ongoing strike of Lepanto mineworkers in Mankayan, Benguet, women and youths take turns to extend support. One of them, a young female pharmacology student in Baguio, shares a story. By Abi T.Bengwayan Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet — Salem Dilem sits outside the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU – May 1st Movement) office in Mankayan this…
Under Probe: The Lepanto Workers’ Demand for Just Wages and Benefits
“Tunggal dumawat tayo ti nayon a sweldo, ibaga da a bassit ti mapaspastrek a ganansiya ken maluglugi da pay” (Whenever we ask for just wage increases, the company tells us that it is not earning, that business is not good). Striking mine workers have all the more reason to demand for a wage increase and…