Labor group urges DOLE to prove whether new rules effective for SM group,...
Is the new DOLE Order effective or defective in stopping the epidemic of contractualization? This question was raised by Partido Manggagawa (PM) in a picket-rally held at the Manila branch of SM...
View ArticleFOA issue at Tesco supplier in Philippines
Photo from Sein Together websiteWorkers of a garments factory in the biggest export zone in the Philippines are calling on apparel brands to uphold their code of conduct as they face harassment and...
View ArticleAdvisory: Hundreds of Bulacan informal settlers to press NHA on housing...
MEDIA ADVISORY17 April 2017Contact: Ver Estorosas09339680449REQUEST FOR COVERAGERALLY @ NHA BULACANNHA Office, McArthur Highway Balagtas, Bulacan (near Balagtas market)TODAY, 17 APRIL 2017 10:00...
View ArticleMga lehitimong applikante ng NHA housing sa Bulacan, nagrali para aprubahan...
Mahigit 500 lehitimong aplikante ng programang pabahay ng National Housing Authority (NHA) sa Bulacan ang nagrali ngayon sa tanggapan ng NHA sa Balagtas, Bulacan upang hilingin na aprubahan na ang...
View ArticleAdvisory: Workers rally @ Ayala to slam PAL, PLDT labor violations
MEDIA ADVISORY25 April 2017Contact: Bong Palad @ 09165740596REQUEST FOR COVERAGERALLY @ AYALA AVE.March from Makati Fire Station to PAL/Allied Bank along AyalaTOM, 26 APRIL 2017 4:00 PMMembers of...
View ArticleAdvisory: Bulacan informal settlers returning to NHA for action on applications
MEDIA ADVISORY25 April 2017Contact: Ver Estorosas09339680449REQUEST FOR COVERAGERALLY @ NHA BULACANNHA Office, McArthur Highway Balagtas, Bulacan(near Balagtas market)TODAY, 25 APRIL, 11:00 M Some...
View ArticleMaralita ng Bulacan, bumalik sa NHA upang igiit ang aksyon sa kanilang...
Sumugod sa opisina ng National Housing Authority (NHA) sa Bulacan ang humigit-kumulang 500 informal settlers para igiit ang aksyon sa matagal na nilang nakabinbing mga aplikasyon para sa pabahay. Ito...
View ArticleWorkers slam PAL labor violations in Ayala rally
Members of labor groups marched in Ayala Ave. today in a preview of the big workers rally for Labor Day and to slam Philippine Airlines (PAL) for labor violations in the agencies it has contracted....
View ArticleAdvisory: Youth rally tomorrow vs endo
MEDIA ADVISORY29 April 2017Contact: Judy Ann Miranda @ 09228677522REQUEST FOR COVERAGEYOUTH RALLY VS. ENDOWelcome RotondaTOMORROW, 30 APRIL 4:00PMSome 100 members of PM-Kabataan, the youth wing of...
View ArticleAsean is not pro-labor
Asean is now the fastest growing region in the world in terms of creating economic wealth. But the real creators of this wealth, the working class, do not reap the benefit of this growth.During the...
View ArticleAdvisory: Labor Day rally by NAGKAISA coalition
MEDIA ADVISORY30 April 2017Contact: Wilson Fortaleza09158625229REQUEST FOR COVERAGE LABOR DAY RALLY IN MANILA8:00 AM – 12 NN1 May 2017Mabuhay Welcome Rotonda to Mendiola SCRAP D.O. 174! END...
View ArticleThe fight for regular jobs, other rights continues
Today is the first Labor Day celebration under the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD). Indeed, a quick year had passed when, few days before the Labor Day 2016 celebrations, all...
View ArticleMilitant labor opposes martial law in Mindanao
The militant group Partido Manggagawa (PM) today expressed opposition to the imposition of martial law in Mindanao in the wake of armed confrontations between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and...
View ArticleWorkers slam employers for opposing endo bills
Photo grap from ECOP Facebook pageThe labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed employers for its “wholesale opposition” to bills that seek to regulate or prohibit the prevalent forms of...
View ArticleLabor group supports jeepney strike for “just transition”
The militant labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) expressed solidarity with the jeepney drivers who are on strike today and tomorrow in the islands of Panay and Negros in protest at the phase-out scheme...
View ArticleGroups call on government to heed demand for “just transition” after...
The first day of the two-day transport holiday was called a success by groups that launched the jeepney strike. They reiterated their demand on the government to stop the planned jeepney phase-out and...
View ArticleWorkers calls for defense of political freedoms on Independence Day
As the nation celebrates Independence Day today, the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) called on workers to defend political freedoms. “The workers and the people must be vigilant in protecting the...
View ArticleLabor coalition welcomes lower tax on personal income but rejects regressive...
Workers have long been demanding for higher tax exemptions, hence, the approval by the House of Representatives of Package 1 of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) is a welcome...
View ArticleIsang Bigong Taon: A failed one year for Digong – labor groups
Contractualization did not stop; wages remained low and regionalized; the unemployment and underemployment problems continue to weigh down on a large number of Filipino workers. “In sum, it was “Isang...
View ArticleMartial law legality is more impunity – labor group
Photo from RapplerThe decision is extremely disappointing but not surprising. This is how the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) reacted to the Supreme Court verdict rendering legalities to the...
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