Category: Feature
Labor groups support labor senatorial bets for the 2019 midterm election!
Manila, Philippines — “We need to put flesh and blood in actual practice to the rights to organize unions, to collective bargaining negotiations and to peaceful concerted activities including the right to strike as guaranteed by the fundamental law!” This is
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NAGKAISA seek dialogue with BELLO on killings of trade unionist!
NAGKAISA PRESS STATEMENT On the eve of the 70th International Human Rights day the broadest labor Coalition NAGKAISA (UNITED) – which includes the AGUILA, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Sentro ng Nagkakaisang Manggagawa, Partido Manggagawa (PM) , Public Service Labor
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70th International Human Rights Day!
Maynila, Pilipinas — Ang Center for People’s Media (CPM) kasama ang People’s Media Advocacy Asia (PMAA) ay nakikiisa sa sambayanang Filipino at maging sa ibang nasyon para gunitain ngayong araw (Disyembre 10) ang ika-70 Anibersaryo ng Pandaigdigang Araw ng mga Karapatang
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No to killing of bishop, labor leaders or anybody!
STATEMENT OF ATTY SONNY MATULA ON KILLING OF BISHOP, LABOR LEADERS OR ANYBODY We manifest our strong objection to the call of our president to kill our bishops or anybody. This is an anathema to our understanding of our Christian
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Workers press for living wage; end to endo and TU repression on Bonifacio Day!
PRESS STATEMENT Nagkaisa Labor Coalition Mabuti pa ang China pirmado na ang 29 kontrata sa bansa samantalang ang Security of Tenure (SOT) bill ng manggagawa sa Kongreso, magtatatlong taon na, nakatengga pa. It’s quite obvious that China is getting better
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NAGKAISA condemns killing of TU leader in Agusan!
MANILA, Philippines — We condemn with no uncertain term the killing of Linus “Bebot” Cubol, former Caraga chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno and Anakpawis party-list coordinator, who was shot dead on November 27, in his furniture shop in Santiago, Agusan
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Workers urged PRRD, create a body to study the national wage fixing mechanism!
FFW and Nagkaisa reiterate their call to act now on this national wage fixing mechanism and abolish regional and provincial wage fixing. Pursuing a living wage under the current setup is a hopeless case.
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NAGKAISA calls workers to unionize to fight for higher wages!
We know that the same is subject to negotiation in a tripartite RTWPB but then again the result falls far, far below our expectations. The low union density also compels us to call on all workers to organize or join unions to empower them to have the opportunity to bargain for wages and benefits in their workplaces.
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Labor groups condemns massacre of sugar cane workers!
“We are in solidarity with the victims, we were informed that the workers were having their dinner when they were viciously attacked by reportedly as many as 40 unidentified armed persons,” said Atty. Sonny Matula, chairperson of the Nagkaisa.
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More workers go on hunger strike vs end ENDO!
Manila, Philippines — The hunger strike initiated by four striking employees of Pacific Plaza Towers (PPT) that began last October 5, 2018 (Friday) has increased to sixteen (as of this writing), as the board of directors and building management residents
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