Workers picket Meralco, slam power rate hike | read this item
Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno held a picket in front of Meralco’s office along España Avenue this morning to condemn the power distributor’s recent rate hike and other “profit-making schemes,” condemning the Aquino government for continuing to deregulate power rates. The labor center condemned the 36-centavo increase per kilowatt-hour implemented by Meralco [...]
Workers picket SSS, press for refund of overcharge | read this item
Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno held a picket this morning in front of the main office of the Social Service System in East Avenue, Quezon City to condemn the state-run insurance firm for overcharging on members’ interest payments for salary loans and to call for an immediate refund of the overcharge. Carrying [...]
Victims of Work-related deaths assemble at the 13th National Occupational Safety and Health Congress | read this item
Victims of Work-related deaths assemble at the 13th National Occupational Safety and Health Congress to press an end to Worst Forms of Child Labor; pushes for betterment of working conditions. The families and supporters of the victims of the ETON Tragedy assembled today, October 24, 2012, in front of the Occupational Safety and Health Center [...]
Bagyong Ofel puts 9 Provinces under storm signal no. 1; Surigao, Leyte prepare for landfall | read this item
Bagyong Ofel threatens to make a landfall in the coming days but as the tropical depression (TD) draws near the archipelago, there are already 5 provinces in Mindanao and 4 in Visayas to have received storm warning signal no. 1. Based on the most recent satellite data from PAGASA, Bagyong Ofel is located 300 kilometers [...]
SWS survey shows poverty still widespread | read this item
“The fact remains: almost half of Filipinos consider themselves poor.” This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s statement today, reacting to the most recent Social Weather Stations survey showing a slight decline in the number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor and “food-poor.” The SWS survey, conducted in Aug. 24-27, showed that 47 per cent [...]
Workers call for junking of Cybercrime Prevention Act | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno called for the junking of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 today, saying the bill will negatively affect workers and poor people fighting for their rights and is an attack on the people’s right to self-expression. Republic Act 10175, which was initially crafted against hacking and other cybercrimes, contains provisions [...]
Workers slam cover-up of oil firms’ crimes | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed today the Independent Oil Price Review Committee (IOPRC) for saying that oil companies are not guilty of overpricing and that the Oil Deregulation Law is working, calling the committee a defender of oil companies’ greed. After more than five months of study, the IOPRC announced the findings of its [...]
Taylor Swift, Conor Kennedy, Summer Vacation at Cape God | read this item
Grammy award-winner, Taylor Swift has been spotted accompanying his boyfriend, Conor Kennedy along with the other siblings, on the grave of the late Mary Richardson Kennedy on a gloomy weekend at Cape God. The couple was seen bowing their heads as they offer prayers while holding both hands. The son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., [...]
RILES Network cautions Roxas of public outrage if LRT fare hike pushes through | read this item
Saying it was the public’s protest which impeded the implementation of fare hikes in the MRT and LRT last year, a broad network of students, workers and ordinary commuters warned DOTC Sec. Mar Roxas of public outrage should the implementation of the fare hike push through next year. The Riles Laan sa Sambayanan (RILES) Network [...]
Labor group supports Pag-asa employees’ fight for benefits | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno lauded today employees of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa) for holding a protest over suspended cash benefits, expressing its support for the government employees. Pag-asa employees held a protest yesterday to call for the resumption of their hazard pay and other allowances which were suspended last [...]
Bagyong Ofel puts 9 Provinces under storm signal no. 1; Surigao, Leyte prepare for landfall | 