Workers vow continuing resistance against restoration of dictatorship
His body is weak and his term in office is running out, but Duterte’s intentions to restore a system of dictatorship in the country remains strong. Continuing resistance is the only way to stop his...
View ArticleYouth groups slam Parlade, support red-tagged celebrities
Youth groups slammed the red-tagging by Lt. Gen Antonio Parlade, commander of the AFP Southern Luzon Command, who threatened and harassed celebrities advocating for human rights. Liza Soberano was...
View ArticleLabor group slams new DOLE order extending forced leave
The militant labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) today slammed a new order from the Department of Labor and Employment that effectively extends the floating status of workers beyond the maximum of six...
View ArticleEmployers can evade separation pay via extension of floating status—labor group
The militant group Partido Manggagawa (PM) countered the position of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that DO 215 extending the floating status of workers to one year is a measure to...
View ArticleDOLE asked to recall order extending floating status
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is being asked by the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) to recall the order extending the floating status of workers to one year. The group called on the...
View ArticleCAPITALIST COUNTRIES HAVE CLIMATE DEBTS TO PAY
By Wilson Fortaleza* The Philippines’ contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission does not even reach one half of one percent of the world’s total, but Filipinos are paying a hefty price for the...
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Media Advisory: Unity ride by Foodpanda drivers today
MEDIA ADVISORY18 November 2020FOODPANDA RIDERS ASSOCIATIONKAPATIRAN SA DALAWANG GULONG (KAGULONG)WHAT: FOOD PANDA RIDERS TO HOLD UNITY RIDE TO DOLE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION TO FOODPANDA COMPANY’S...
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Foodpanda riders protest harassed by police, 1 arrested
Some 700 riders of the food delivery app Foodpanda held a “unity ride” today to seek redress of their grievances. However the peaceful protest at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was...
View ArticleUnity ride by Citi Muber riders to demand inclusion in motorcycle taxi test run
MEDIA ADVISORYNovember 24, 2020CITI MUBER RIDERSKapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong (KAGULONG)WHAT: Thousands of Citi Muber Riders will hold UNITY RIDE to demand inclusion of 3000 Citi Muber riders in...
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Cebu garment firm layoffs 300, workers hold protest today
A garment exporting firm in the Mactan Economic Zone yesterday laid off 300 employees in a move that surprised those affected. This morning hundreds of its workers protested at the factory gate of...
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Garment firm layoffs 300 to bust union in export zone
A garment exporting firm in the Mactan Economic Zone yesterday laid off 300 employees in a move that surprised those affected. This morning hundreds of its workers protested at the factory gate of...
View ArticleArrest of Cebu labor organizers slammed
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) denounced the arrest of several of its leaders and organizers in Cebu during the Bonifacio Day action of workers in the gate of the Mactan Economic Zone. “We...
View ArticlePartido Manggagawa Demands the Release of Five Unionists Arrested in Cebu
As workers commemorated Bonifacio Day in a nationally coordinated action, Partido Manggagawa (Labor Party) demanded the release of unionists Dennis Derige, Myra Opada, Joksan Branzuela, Jonel Labrador,...
View ArticleWorkers in export zones asking brands to facilitate reinstatement to work
Millions of workers in the Philippines were affected by one of the longest lockdowns imposed anywhere in the world. More than six months after the start of the lockdown in the middle of March this...
View ArticleAs Cebu labor organizers released from jail, DOLE asked to act on mass layoffs
Labor groups welcomed the release from detention of three labor organizers who were arrested in a workers rally at the Cebu Mactan Ecozone last November 30. Cases of “disobedience against a person in...
View ArticleWorkers protest factory closure in Laguna
Workers of a glass factory in Laguna protested in front of the company gates last Wednesday. Some 200 employees, about a dozen of whom are women, were terminated as Arcya Glass Corporation in Calamba,...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Unity ride for human rights tomorrow
MEDIA ADVISORY05 December 2020Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong (KAGULONG)WHAT: HUNDREDS OF MOTORCYCLIST TO HOLD “RIDE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS” IN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK.WHEN: DECEMBER...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: UNITY RIDE FOR RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD TODAY
On the eve of International Human Rights Day…HUNDREDS OF RIDERS TO CONDUCT “UNITY RIDE” TO CALL FOR RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD AND EXPANSION OF SLOTS FOR MOTORCYCLE TAXI PILOT TEST RUNDecember 9, 2020...
View ArticleLabor coalition worried over increasing dropout rate of women in the labor force
The women committee of Nagkaisa labor coalition is calling on the government to roll out a public employment program particularly designed to address the rising number of workers who are dropping out...
View ArticleNagkaisa statement on ICC's findings of crimes against humanity in Duterte's...
Press StatementDecember 15, 2020Ref Attu. Sonny MatulaN1 ChairpersonCP 09178079041 World leaders must always be reminded that they are accountable to the people they represent. When those in power...
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