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 [...]
KMU slams Senate’s passage of sin tax bill | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today the Senate’s passage of the sin tax bill last Tuesday night, saying the tax measure is an added burden on the backs of the country’s workers and poor and that the Aquino government is not really concerned with the public’s health. KMU said the approval of Senate Bill [...]
Workers hit public hospitals’ privatization | read this item
Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the Aquino administration’s plan to privatize government hospitals, saying the planned privatization will increase the burden of Filipino workers and people. In a protest in front of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila this morning, the workers said hospitalization fees will surely increase the moment public hospitals are [...]
National day of action for P125 Wage Hike Bill held | read this item
Across the country, workers held protest actions in front of offices of the Department of Labor and Employment today to condemn the agency’s opposition to calls for a P125 across-the-board wage hike nationwide and for an end to contractual employment. The protest in front of the Labor Department’s main office in Intramuros, Manila was led [...]
Workers hit K+12 passage on 3rd reading | read this item
A labor group hit the House of Representatives today for passing the K+12 education program on third reading last Monday, saying the country’s congressmen are dooming the country’s youth to cheap labor. Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said K+12, which adds two years to secondary education and injects these with technical-vocational subjects, aims to enable [...]
KMU decries harassment in labor disputes | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today the harassment being perpetrated against workers in two ongoing labor disputes, saying the Aquino government continues to enforce martial law in the country’s workplaces. It said workers of agribusiness magnate Lapanday Fruits Corporation in Davao City reported intensified surveillance, increased presence of security personnel, and harassment at home after they voted [...]
KMU hits DOLE assumption of jurisdiction over Bacolod strike | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the Labor secretary’s assumption of jurisdiction over a strike in a company distributing canned goods and household products in Bacolod City today, saying the Aquino government continues to use the “license” for the Hacienda Luisita massacre in 2004 against workers. KMU condemned Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of [...]
Workers bat for P125 wage hike, reject ‘libing’ wage | read this item
Picketing the resumption of sessions in the House of Representatives this morning, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno called for the passage of a bill seeking to legislate a P125 across-the-board wage hike nationwide and for an investigation into the government’s new wage system. The workers called for the passage of House Bill [...]
KMU slams NLRC for denying justice to bus employees | read this item
Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the National Labor Relations Commission main office in Quezon City today, condemning the agency for refusing to implement a Supreme Court ruling favoring employees of a defunct bus corporation. KMU took up the cudgels for the workers of the defunct Times Transportation Company, Inc. (TTCI) who marched from Vigan City, Ilocos [...]
Workers congratulate Cardinal Tagle | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno congratulated Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle today for his appointment as cardinal of the Catholic Church, saying workers are glad that someone who recognizes their value in society and speaks up for the defense of their dignity was named cardinal. The workers’ group welcomed the announcement by the Vatican [...]
