The Arroyo government and its allies have been harassing their critics — political activists, human-rights advocates, journalists, government employees, workers, teachers, environmentalists, lawyers, to name some — with court cases that range from the frivolous to the absurd. Now, these victims of political persecution have banded together to fight back.
Tags: Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees
Gov’t Workers Push for P3,000 Salary Hike Anew
BY NOEL BARCELONA Bulatlat.com September 5, 2008 –5:24 p.m. Members of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage), staged a picket-protest in front of the Quezon City Hall at 12 noon today to press for a P3,000 salary increase for government employees. Ferdinand Gaite, Courage national president, said that it is…