By MARYA SALAMAT
After two decades of falling real wages, with the last two years bereft of even a paltry wage increase despite the crisis and unmitigated price increases, the progressive labor front has once again raised the demand to legislate a P125 nationwide wage hike.
In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the “untainted” Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.
Press Release April 11, 2010 Manila North Harbor’s Pier 8 Workers’ Union today slammed the provision on payment for past services in the impending deal between stakeholders in the ongoing privatization of the port, saying it is disadvantageous to workers and smells “a little too fishy.” Last Tuesday, Philippine Ports Authority General Manager Oscar Sevilla…
NEWS RELEASE 21 March 2010 More than just mulling over the distribution of female condoms, the labor department should act on the demand of Filipino workers for a nationwide wage hike and creation of decent jobs, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. KMU said the plan of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)…
Press Release 21 March 2010 “The newly amended law for Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (Republic Act 10022) as it introduces amendments to R.A. 8042, will only heighten and intensify the exportation of human labor as a primordial labor program of the government under the present Arroyo administration,” today said by an alliance of…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Critics of the new ID system say “this multimillion project will be another campaign kitty for the Arroyo administration and also an avenue to skirt the unconstitutionality of the National ID System which was already rejected by the Supreme Court during the Ramos regime.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government. To these OFWs, the Arroyo regime is “chief executioner of the rights and welfare of OFWs.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
The 20 were arrested in 2007, after they went on strike while employed at Karnation Industries Inc (Pansy Accessories), a maker of home decor and accessories. They complained about low salaries and benefits.
PRESS RELEASE March 15, 2010 “LET the IPPs provide the reported power lack in Mindanao than declaring a state of emergency in Mindanao.” This is the stand of Makabayan Coalition Northern Mindanao on Friday’s pronouncement declaring the island-region under a state of calamity. Makabayan Coalition composed of the six progressive partylist groups, individuals and other…
NEWS RELEASE 15 March 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno warned the Judicial and Bar Council today against granting Gloria Arroyo’s dark wish of having the list of nominees for the chief justice post so that she can appoint a “midnight CJ.” “The Filipino workers and people are demanding the JBC to stand its ground…
NEWS RELEASE 15 March 2010 Gloria Arroyo wants workers in Mindanao to literally experience hell through her order to schedule manufacturing activities at night while maintaining daytime rotating brownouts that last up to eight to ten hours, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. Arroyo’s order urging manufacturing companies and workers based in Mindanao to…