United States officials arrested in July another Filipino immigrant currently detained in the state of Georgia. Sonny Lasquite returned to the US from a vacation in the Bahamas when US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested him at Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina on July 28. Lasquite, 44 years old, has lived in the […]
Isa pang imigranteng Pilipino ang dinakip ng mga upisyal ng US noong Hulyo at kasalukuyang nakakulong sa estado ng Georgia. Pabalik si Sonny Lasquite sa US mula sa bakasyon sa Bahamas nang dakpin sya sa Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina noong Hulyo 28 ng mga ahente ng US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Si Laquite, […]
Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women strongly condemns the baseless and unjust decision of Manila RTC Branch 18 on August 6 ordering the government to confiscate two bank accounts of the organization. “This is clearly part of the ongoing harassment and red-tagging under the Marcos administration, aimed at vilifying and suppressing organizations with just and […]
Mariing kinundena ng Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women ang walang basehan at di makatwirang desisyon ng Manila RTC Branch 18 noong Agosto 6 na kumpiskahin ng gubyerno ang dalawang akawnt sa bangko ng organisasyon. “Malinaw na bahagi ito (ang utos) ng nagpapatuloy na panggigipit at red-tagging sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos upang supilin ang […]
Through collective action and asserting their rights, Union of Bakers at Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. (UPGBPI-OLALIA-KMU) members successfully negotiated their new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) last July 18. The union secured a ₱70 wage increase per year for the next three years, an additional ₱0.50 in seniority pay, a ₱20,000 signing bonus, a ₱7,500 lump […]
Sa pamamagitan ng sama-samang pagkilos at paggiit para sa kanilang karapatan, napagtagumpayan ng mga myembro ng Unyon ng mga Panadero sa Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. (UPGBPI-OLALIA-KMU), ang pakikipagnegosasyon para sa kanilang panibagong collective bargaining agreement (CBA) noong Hulyo 18. Nakamit ng unyon ang ₱70 dagdag-sahod kada taon para sa susunod na tatlong taon, dagdag na […]
Filipino Nurses United secretary general Alyn Andamo condemned the Cavite Municipal Hospital for its Facebook post that offered job order positions to nurses for a salary of ₱15,000 per month and nursing attendants for a salary of ₱8,000 per month. “Why are the wages offered to nurses this low?” Andamo said. She stated that this […]
Binatikos ni Alyn Andamo, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Filipino Nurses United, ang paskil ng Cavite Municipal Hospital sa Facebook na nag-aalok ng trabaho sa ilalim ng kaayusang job order sa mga nars sa sahod na ₱15,000 kada buwan at nursing attendant sa sahod na ₱8,000 kada buwan. “Bakit ganito kababa ang sahod na inaalok sa nurses?” […]
Alma Bowman filed a case on August 1 in a Georgia court in the US against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials for her unjust detention. Bowman, 58, was arrested on March 26 when she attended her check-in at the ICE Atlanta Field Office with her two children, her lawyer, and supporters. The check-in is […]
Nagsampa ng kaso si Alma Bowman noong Agosto 1 sa isang korte sa Georgia sa US laban sa upisyal ng Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) kaugnay ng hindi makatarungang pagkukulong sa kanya. Si Bowman, 58, ay inaresto noong Marso 26 nang dumalo siya sa kanyang “check-in” sa ICE Atlanta Field Office kasama ang kanyang dalawang […]