Karapatan stands in solidarity with Ukrainian writer and director Oleg Sentsov, who was sentenced in Russia to 20 years of strict-regimen labor colony on trumped-up charges of terrorism. Today is the 94th day of his hunger-strike and his health condition has dramatically deteriorated, leaving him near death. read more
Progressive labour groups in the Davao region poured into the streets on August 27 to join colleagues nationwide to demand accountability of the Duterte administration over what they said were unfulfilled promises to labor, notably in protecting the rights of workers and better working condition.
Nagsama-sama ang libu-libong manggagawa sa Araw ng mga Bayani sa tinaguriang nilang “Martsa ng Manggagawa” noong Agosto 27 mula Welcome Rotonda hanggang sa Mendiola sa Maynila. Panawagan nila na itigil na ang kontraktwalisasyon sa paggawa, ipatupad ang pambansang minimum na sahod na P750, at wakasan ang iba pang porma ng pagsasamantala sa manggagawa. Ayon sa…
Andres, Ilabas ang sundang! Hasain, hasaing mainam, hasaing mabuti May susuunging labang muli! Tagpasin ang mga sinungaling Tagain ang mga magnanakaw Naglipana sila’t tila dumarami! Sa isang daang milyong bunganga Na maaring gawing bisita— Diyos na mahabagin– Sa araw na kayo’y ginugunita Bakit naman isang dalahira Ang panauhi’t tagapagsalita? …
Workers from various women’s groups welcomed the passage of House Bill 4113 or the “100-Day Maternity Leave Bill” at the House of Representatives today. Organizations who commended the bill’s passage is Gabriela Women’s Party, Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK), Defend Job Philippines, Breastfeeding Pinays, Center for Women’s Resources, Philippine Commission on Women, and Philippine Legislators’ Committee…
“Labanan ang pasistang atake sa mamamayan. Ito ang malaking laban na dapat nating harapin.”—Atty. Nero Colmenares, chairperson, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, at the 5th National Congress of the Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights
His first artwork as a child was drawing cartoon figures using a ballpoint pen. As handy as it is economical, ballpen has been his frequent medium in his nearly forty-year career as a Davao artist. In his comeback into Davao’s art scene after 14 years, JC Gonzales goes back to these first passions.
“Ang mga manggagawa na nananawagan ng pagwawakas ng kontraktwalisasyon para sa nakabubuhay na sahod ay naibigay ba ni Duterte? Ang ibinigay sa atin ay TRAIN. Taas-presyo ng mga bilihin na lalong nagpapahirap at nagpapagutom sa taong bayan.”—Einstein Recedes, Anakbayan secretary general