Articles in English
Exploitation and job massacres in the garments industry
The reactionary state cannot hide the jobs crisis amid relentless retrenchments in the country. Last July, at least 4.6 million Filipinos were reported unemployed, underemployed or “discouraged” to find a job. This crisis is stark in the export processing zones (EPZ), especially in the clothes manufacturing subsector. In September alone, the Confederation of Wearable Exporters […]
Mass layoff and attacks against Nexperia union opposed
Workers at Nexperia Philippines launched a series of mass actions to oppose management’s layoff and attacks against the union, and to defend their right to work. Nexperia Philippines is a subsidiary of The Netherlands-based Nexperia company. It manufactures semiconductors at its factories in Europe, Asia and the US. In 2022, it recorded $2.36 billion in […]
Workers' struggles
Laguna union wins election. The militant and patriotic union of the Panadero ng Philfoods Fresh Baked Product Inc-OLALIA-KMU on September 22 won the election to represent factory workers. The union won 295 of the 341 total votes against the bogus union formed by the NTF-Elcac in collusion with the company. In celebration, unionists gathered […]
In short
AFP kills 8 on a single day
Eight individuals were brutally killed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on the very day that the 51st anniversary of the declaration of martial law was being commemorated on September 21. Five of them were hors de combat and three were civilians. On September 29, state forces summarily killed in Rizal an organizer […]