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“All roads lead to Mendiola on Labor Day.” This has been the statement of the broadest alliance of different labor groups under the banner of Kilusang Mayo Uno – Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition (KMU-Nagkaisa) in a press conference held in Manila today. 31219069_1672641579488560_67504701070901248_n 31219069_1672641579488560_67504701070901248_n 31250611_1672641846155200_5482041603155558400_o 31250611_1672641846155200_5482041603155558400_o 31265595_1672641659488552_4801905618841501696_o 31265595_1672641659488552_4801905618841501696_o 31292622_1672641669488551_8916950842116931584_o 31292622_1672641669488551_8916950842116931584_o Leaders of various labor groups displayed…

Indigenous group Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) and other progressive organizations marched along Baguio’s main streets in commemoration of the 34th Cordillera Day on April 22-25. With the central call ‘Agkaykaysa a Rupaken Ti Titaniya! Ilaban Ti Karbengan Iti Bukod a Pangngeddeng! (‘Unite to Resist Tyranny! Assert Our Right to Self-determination!), Cordillera leaders held forums aiming…

Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), Pilgrims for Peace, Kapayapaan Campaign for a Just and Lasting Peace (Kapayapaan), and peace advocacy groups expressed today their high hopes on the recent developments in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the…

Hundreds of members of various National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) allied groups in Metro Manila held a lightning rally in the EDSA and Aurora Boulevard intersection in the busy Cubao, Quezon City area 9am today. The rally celebrated the 45th year anniversary of the NDFP and called for support for the people’s democratic…

Human rights activist Jerome Aladdin Succor Aba didn’t once think that the interrogation and torture scenes he had been watching on television would one day be a reality for him. “Hindi ako sanay na ako mismo ang biktima ng mga garapalang human rights violation,” he said during a press conference Saturday morning. [I’m not used…

Labor groups Alyansa ng mga Manggagawa Laban sa Kontraktwalisasyon (ALMA Kontraktwal), Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Metro Manila and Defend Job Philippines marked the statements of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday that “President Duterte will no longer sign and issue and Executive Order (EO) on contractualization” in a noise…

Suliranin sa karamihan ng mga Pilipino ang araw-araw na pamumuhay, mula sa pagkakasya sa badyet ng mababa-sa-minimum na sahod; sa pagtitiis sa masikip at maiinit na klasrum; sa pangangambang hindi na makahanap ng trabaho kapag nag-endo o “end of contract na”; sa apat na oras o higit pa sa gitna ng matinding trapik. Bukod sa nabanggit,…