On June 4, the House of Representatives passed House Bill No. 11376 (Wage Hike for Minimum Workers Act) seeking to raise the minimum wage by ₱200 per day. The Senate passed a similar bill stipulating a mere ₱100 wage increase. Both will go through the bicameral committee before being presented for the president’s signature. If […]
Ipinasa ng Mababang Kapulungan kahapon, Hunyo 4, ang house Bill No. 11376 (Wage Hike for Minimum Workers Act) na naglalayong itaas ang minimum na sahod nang ₱200/araw. Ipinasa sa Senado ang katulad na panukala, pero para lamang sa ₱100 na dagdag-sahod. Isasalang ito sa bicameral committee bago ihahapag para pirmahan ng presidente. Kung maisasabatas, ito […]
Workers from Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), the National Wage Coalition, All Workers Unity, and various groups trooped to Congress on June 2 to demand anew the immediate enactment of a nationwide wage increase for all workers. They timed their protest with the opening of the last session of the 19th Congress, and before the opening […]
Sumugod ang mga manggagawa ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), National Wage Coalition, All Workers Unity at iba’t ibang grupo sa Kongreso kahapon, Hunyo 2, para muling ipanawagan ang agarang pagsasabatas ng dagdag-sahod para sa lahat ng manggagawa sa pambansang saklaw. Itinaon nila ang kanilang pagkikilos sa pagbubukas ng huling sesyon ng ika-19 Kongreso, at bago […]
Nearly 275 supporters of Lewelyn Dixon celebrated her release on May 29, outside the Northwest Ice Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. Her relatives, friends, union colleagues, members of Tanggol Migrante, and other organizations supporting the migrant struggle attended Dixon’s final hearing. The court decided that Dixon should not be deported as she has been […]
Masayang nagdiwang ang halos 275 taga-suporta ni Lewelyn Dixon sa kanyang paglaya kahapon, Mayo 29 sa labas ng NorthWest Ice Detention Center (NWDC) sa Tacoma, Washington. Dinaluhan ang huling pagdinig sa kaso ni Dixon ng kanyang mga kaanak, kaibigan, kasama sa unyon, myembro ng Tanggol Migrante at iba pang organisasyon na sumusuporta sa laban ng […]
Democratic organizations in the US, including Anakbayan, Bayan, Migrante, GABRIELA, ICHRP, Malaya, Tanggol Migrante, and allied organizations, launched a national day of protest on May 23 in various parts of the US. Their call: Unite and come together, collectively fight for rights, welfare, and freedom. They held picket protests outside the Philippine Consulate offices in […]
Naglunsad ng pambansang araw ng protesta ang mga demokratikong organisasyon sa US, kabilang ang Anakbayan, Bayan, Migrante, GABRIELA, ICHRP, Malaya at Tanggol Migrante at mga alyadong organisasyon noong Mayo 23 sa iba’t ibang panig ng US. Panawagan nila: Magkaisa at Magbikgis, Sama-samang lumaban para sa karapatan, kagalingan at kalayaan. Naglunsad sila ng piket-protesta sa labas […]
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested two Filipino green cardholders this May. The victims were identified as Maximo (Max) Londonio and Rodante “Dante” Rivera. Londonio was returning home with his wife and child from their vacation in the Philippines when CBP arrested him at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 15. CBP arrested him […]
Dalawang Pilipino na may hawak na greencard, ibig sabihin mga ligal na residente, ng US ang dinakip ng United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ngayong buwang ng Mayo. Nakilala ang mga biktima na sina Maximo “Max” Londonio at Rodante “Dante” Rivera. Pauwi si Londonio, kasama ang kanyang asawa at anak galing sa kanilang bakasyon […]