In the 64 years of the union’s existence at Wyeth, capitalists have devised various schemes to reclaim the workers’ hard-won benefits. The Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers’ Union (WPPWU) has become one of the models among workers in the country because of the extent of its achievements in its fight for additional wages, benefits and regularization. […]

Wyeth-Nestlé workers and their supporters mounted consecutive mass actions and activities to demand the reinstatement of 140 workers who were illegally terminated by the company on May 18 and five other workers who were fired earlier. Members of Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers Union (WPPWU) protested on May 30 in front of the Nestlé Cabuyao Factory […]

  Junk the MIF. On May 31, progressive groups led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan protested the railroading of the Maharlika Investment Fund in the senate. They staged protest actions in front of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Manila to oppose plans to use hard-earned pension funds and contributions of workers and government employees […]

While the Filipino people suffer from poor power transmission services, officials of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) pocket huge amounts of profits. On May 8, residents of Metro Manila, neighboring provinces and some parts of the Visayas experienced extreme heat during several hours of widespread brownout because the NGCP grids (cable system […]