Protests
Enrile burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani opposed. Dozens of organizations and individuals expressed their opposition to the scheme to bury Juan Ponce Enrile at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on November 22. Enrile is the despised martial law architect, a killer, and a plunderer of the environment and the nation’s treasury. He died on November 13, at the age of 101.
Protest against illegal dismissals in Calabarzon. Workers from Pamantik-KMU protested in front of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Calabarzon on November 17. They timed the protest with the agency’s hearings on cases of illegal dismissals at Lazada, Shopee, and Coke.
The group proceeded to the DPWH IV-A office to condemn widespread corruption in infrastructure projects.
Silent protest of CEU teachers and employees. In recent weeks, teachers and employees of Centro Escolar University Faculty and Allied Workers Union pinned on their clothes their calls for a decent salary increase, advancement of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), and other rights of teachers and employees. This was the union’s response to the administration’s refusal to uphold a substantial CBA for 2025-2030.
Action against COP30. Anti-imperialist groups marched from Kalaw Avenue to the US embassy in Manila on November 15 in solidarity with the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. The action joins the international campaign against the 30th Conference of the Parties or COP30 held in Belem, Brazil. COP30 gathers countries that pledged to act in response to climate change.