Labor Day 2019 is turning also into a major campaign day for Senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares.
“There are more than 20 million contractual workers in the country. Until we see massive regularization, expect more workers to flood the streets in protest.”
MANILA -- President Duterte will be 'joining' this year's major May 1 Labor Day activity with the workers -- as an effigy of a devil. "Du30monyo" bears the image of the President, "a demonic overlord" complete with a pair of horns, a devil’s tail, a two-forked...
There are 2.3 million government employees in the Philippines, and 720,000 are non-regulars or contractual workers under different names, such as job order, emergency-hired, memorandum of agreement (MOA)-hired workers, and contract of services.
"While many thought forming unions is detrimental to workers, genuine unions fight for workers’ rights and against abuses in the workplace." - union leader
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino has granted only “measly wage hikes, promoted contractualization even more, made demolitions of urban poor communities more brutal, and colluded with the oil cartel.” – KMU
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Reference: Isabelle Therese Baguisi, NUSP Secretary-General The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) joins in the ranks of workers as they commemorate May 1 as a day of protest. “The Aquino administration has seemingly taken on the promise to...
May 1, 2012 Reference: ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. Antonio L. Tinio The Aquino Administration’s supposed “surprise” elicited no impressed comments among the labor sector and various labor groups. Various groups vehemently called on to Aquino to stop prioritizing...
Migrante International marches today with the working people of the world in the fight against imperialist plunder and war that continue to threaten the lives and welfare of peoples, migrants and migrant workers, particularly overseas Filipinos and their families....
By BULATLAT STAFF
Flipino working people mark this Labor Day as a "day of reckoning" as the Aquino government continues to frustrate their long-standing demands. Follow Bulatlat.com's live coverage.
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