Post-Pablo layoffs in Mindanao banana plantations hit | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today banana firms operating in Mindanao for announcing the retrenchment of workers on the basis of the “challenges” faced by the banana export sector in recent months, saying the firms show no concern for their workers’ plight. Stephen Antig, executive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association [...]
Workers picket Congress resumption, demand P125 Wage Hike Bill passage | read this item
After getting the House Subcommittee on Labor Standard’s nod last Jan. 18 to a bill that seeks to legislate a P125 across-the-board wage hike, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the House of Representatives’ resumption today to press for the bill’s immediate passage. The workers called on the House Committee on Labor [...]
Workers hail sub-committee nod to P125 Wage Hike Bill | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno hailed the approval today by the House Sub-committee on Labor Standards of the bill seeking to legislate a P125 across-the-board wage hike nationwide and called on the Committee on Labor and Employment to immediately pass the bill for a chance to be discussed and voted on in the plenary. House [...]
In the wake of Tubbataha damage, workers call for VFA junking | read this item
The damage to the coral of Tubbataha reefs, a World Heritage Site, caused by the running aground of US ship USS Guardian (MCM 5) highlights the need to junk the Visiting Forces Agreement. US troops are pests to the country’s seas, land and airspace, destroying lives, properties and the environment. The US and the Aquino [...]
Bautista appointment shows Aquino only paying lip service to HR – KMU | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today Pres. Noynoy Aquino for appointing the general who conceptualized the government’s counter-insurgency program as the military’s chief of staff, saying the move shows that the president is merely paying lip service to upholding human rights. Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, who was appointed chief of staff of the Armed [...]
House Labor committee dared: forward P125 Wage Hike Bill to plenary | read this item
A day before the Luzon-wide consultation for a bill that will grant workers across the country a P125 across-the-board wage hike, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno called on the House Committee on Labor and Employment to immediately forward the bill to the House plenary for deliberations and voting. The consultation, which will be held in [...]
We will not bow down to repression! Junk the Cybercrime Law! | read this item
We unite with the Filipino workers and people in calling on the Supreme Court to junk the Cybercrime Law. With Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s ardent defense of this repressive law and the legislature’s upcoming recess, it’s the SC that’s tasked to junk this repressive law. We reiterate: The Cybercrime Law is an attack on workers’ and [...]
Atimonan rubout: No change in the military, police under Aquino | read this item
It is evident that the January 6 incident in Atimonan, Quezon was a rubout and not a shootout as earlier reported. It is becoming clearer and clearer that the rubout is related to criminal activities, most possibly the illegal numbers game jueteng. The rubout shows that the military and the police have not changed under [...]
8 killed, 19 injured in Cavite shooting spree | read this item
Eight (8) people were killed and nineteen (19)were injured after a drunk and drug-crazed resident of Barangay Tabon 1, Kawit, Cavite identified as Ronald Bae went on a shooting rampage Friday morning, Bombo Radyo reported. Around 8:00 AM when the suspect started shooting his neighbors at random using a .45 caliber pistol. An accomplice that [...]
On the release of P140M pork barrel to Akbayan rep | read this item
We condemn the designation of Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao as caretaker of the Dinagat district and the subsequent release of P140 million in pork barrel to her. The Aquino government and Akbayan Partylist are clearly engaged in patronage politics. In giving Bag-ao unfair advantage in her quest to become the representative of the said district, [...]
We will not bow down to repression! Junk the Cybercrime Law! | 
Atimonan rubout: No change in the military, police under Aquino | 
