Binatikos ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) at mga grupo sa ilalim nito ang mga kasong isinampa laban sa kanilang mga lider kaugnay ng isinagawang demonstrasyon sa Maynila noon Mayo 1, Pandaidigang Araw ng Paggawa. Humarap ang mga lider sa Manila Prosecutor’s Office noong Mayo 26 kaugnay ng mga reklamo ng pulis. Kabilang sa mga idinadawit […]
Migrante San Fernando Valley and volunteers who launched the Justice for Trafficked Lancaster Caregivers Campaign celebrated the recent closure of State 101 Travel Visa Consultancy, a Pasig City-based trafficking agency. They said this is a victory of the Filipino-American community in the US. The Department of Migrant Workers announced on May 14 the closure of […]
Ipinagdiwang ng Migrante San Fernando Valley at ng mga boluntir na naglunsad ng Justice for Trafficked Lancaster Caregivers Campaign ang kamakailang pagpapasara sa State 101 Travel Visa Consultancy, isang trafficking agency na nakabase sa Pasig City. Anila, ito ay tagumpay ng komunidad ng mga Filipino-American sa US. Noong Mayo 14, inianunsyo Department of Migrant Workers […]
First quarter reports expose the miserable state of the labor sector. Unemployment and underemployment numbers rose. The youth suffer most, especially those reaching working age and job-hunting graduates. Abi, 26, has worked for five years. She currently works in a semiconductor factory in Calabarzon. This is her second employer. She first worked in business-process outsourcing. […]
Sa simula pa lamang ng taon, iniulat na ang kadusta-dustang kalagayan ng sektor ng paggawa—tumaas ang bilang ng walang trabaho at ang kulang sa trabaho. Isa sa mga nagdurusa rito ang mga kabataan, lalo yaong mga tumutuntong sa hustong gulang para magtrabaho at mga naghahanap ng trabaho matapos gumradweyt. Limang taon nang nagtatrabaho si Abi, […]
Led by national democratic organizations, Filipino migrants marked International Workers’ Day on May 1 in various countries. In Hong Kong, Migrante chapters protested at the Philippine Consulate General office to demand a living wage in the Philippines and in the territory. Progressive groups in the US joined Labor Day protests in their respective communities in […]
Ginunita ng mga Pilipinong migrante ang Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa noong May 1 sa iba’t ibang bansa, sa pangunguna ng mga pambansang demokratikong organisasyon. Sa Hong Kong, nagprotesta ang balangay ng Migrante sa tapat ng upisina ng Philippine Consulate General upang ipanawagan ang nakabubuhay na sa sahod sa Pilipinas at sa teritoryo. Sa US, lumahok […]
Filipino workers protested and mobilized outside Metro Manila under the leadership of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) chapters to militantly mark International Workers’ Day on May 1. This coincided with the mobilization and march of thousands of workers and Filipinos in Manila led by the National Wage Coalition. Workers and the Filipino masses from Luzon to […]
Sa labas ng Metro Manila, nagprotesta at kumilos ang mga manggagawang Pilipino sa pangunguna ng mga balangay ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) para militanteng ipagdiwang ang Pandaigidang Araw ng Paggawa noong Mayo 1. Kasabay nito ang pagkilos at martsa ng libu-libong manggagawa at Pilipino sa Maynila na pinangunahan ng National Wage Coalition. Mula Luzon hanggang […]
Members of the National Democratic Front (NDF)-Laguna, together with members of the Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU)-Laguna, led the distribution of leaflets carrying their statements in the province’s city centers on April 29-30. Hundreds of leaflets were handed out to urge the people of the province to act and join the national democratic revolution. […]