KMU-NCR calls for abolition of regional wage boards anew As the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board for the National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) hold its first public hearing on wage adjustments today, militant workers group, Kilusang Mayo Uno –...
PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for covering up the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) responsibility for the abduction and torture in 2009 of Fil-Am activist Melissa Roxas...
By SIMON "Ka Filiw" NAOGSAN Spokesperson Cordillera Peoples' Democratic Front ALCUB, Abra -- With clenched fists raised, the Cordillera People's Democratic Front salutes the participants of the 27th Cordillera Day being held in Lacub, Abra. We especially hold in...
PRESS STATEMENT 14 April 2011 ONTARIO -- The Filipino Migrant Workers’ Movement (FMWM) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Celito Baccay, 31, a union leader murdered by unidentified gunmen in Dasmarinas, Cavite,...
PRESS RELEASE April 15, 2011 “It is the living standard of the people, of the working class and low-income families that concerns us, not the profits of the investors.” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, chairperson of the League of Filipino Students, as the...
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2011 NEW YORK, NY-- Filipino-Americans in New York City, under the banner of BAYAN USA, joined Korean-Americans and other Asian Pacific Islanders in marching as an Asian contingent during last Saturday's 10,000-strong rally and march for...
14 April 2011 Media Release MANILA -- “The government’s promise of granting meager wage hikes will only ignite bigger protests in the coming days.” This was the statement of multisectoral alliance Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan today as it...
Press Release: 14 April, 2011 Pursuing their campaign to defend Cordillera health workers as part of their continuing assertion of the people’s right to health, CHESTCORE in partnership with the UP Student Council and UP Kasarian Gender Studies Program held a forum...
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2011 MANILA -- Graduating students of the University of the Philippines Manila will hold a lightning rally at their Graduation Ceremonies tomorrow to condemn the Dept. of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) much-touted 60,000 jobs as an 'insult'...
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2011 MANILA -- In commemoration of Earth Day, environmental groups tackled the state of the Philippine environment and their assessment of almost a year of the Aquino administration on natural resource management and environmental...
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2011 MANILA -- The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today assailed Benigno Aquino III for "feeding the corruption of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP)" when Aquino ordered the release...
PRESS RELEASE A militant group, which includes young workers and professionals among its ranks, today rejected proposals to pass a minimum wage increase through regional wage boards as 'doomed to failure'. Members of Anakbayan joined workers today in a series of...
PRESS RELEASE MANILA -- At least 300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Madagascar who underwent emergency repatriation due to a malaria epidemic in the country today trooped to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) office to demand financial...
DAVAO CITY-- Three years after their datu leader was killed, the Kahugpongan sa mga Lumad (KSL) together with PASAKA Regional Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao in a press conference today condemned the latest threats and harassment by forces...
PRESS RELEASE April 13, 2011 MANILA -- Alex Padilla, head of the Aquino government's peace panel, does not know what he's talking about when he claimed that the Filipino youth are pre-occupied with so-called "cyber-pursuits" and are no longer interested in engaging...
PRESS RELEASE April 2, 2011 Brgy. SAN ISIDRO, MARIHATAG, Surigao del Sur -- 110 families with about 600 men, women and children from hinterland communities have reportedly fled their homes in Brgy. San Isidro since March 31, 2011 as elements of the 29th IBPA...
PRESS RELEASE April 1, 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today called on the Filipino people to reject efforts by the Aquino government to achieve amity and reconciliation with the Marcos family, including the proposal to have the remains of the...
01 April 2011 MEDIA RELEASE Highly insensitive. This was how multisectoral alliance Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan reacted today to Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statement that his government will call on the regional wage boards to...
PRESS RELEASE April 1, 2011 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) criticized what it called President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s another “pa-pogi” move amidst massive protests against the unabated oil price hikes, the one-month oil subsidy to public transport,...
PRESS RELEASE March 31, 2011 Davao City -- Members of various transport groups led by TRANSMISSION–PISTON together with the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and Anakpawis Partylist achieved 95% participation rate from public transport operators here today. Relentless...
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