“Peaceful and justified,” these are the words of Azrael de Guzman, one of the six arrested youth activists during the May 1 protest, in an open letter to the public, calling for their immediate release.
Jeepney drivers and operators group Piston said that those who refuse to join the unjust public transport modernization program are being “designated as illegal, or colorum, by the very same government entrusted to safeguard the rights of the working class.”
Gabriela Secretary General Clarice Palce said, “The police prevent us from getting near the US Embassy but American troops freely occupy our land and seas,” she said in Filipino, referring to the Balikatan exercise with the US
The fact-finding team on the disappearance of a labor organizer said that there are eyewitness reports that the Philippine military is involved.
These senatorial hopefuls vowed to put forward the interests of workers and the Filipino people should they win in the senatorial race.
This week, Bulatlat looks into the history of the International Labor Day and its continuing relevance to the Filipino people’s cry for just wage.
SAHOD ITAAS, PRESYO IBABA May 10, 2011 Mr. Speaker, honorable colleagues, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege upang ihayag ang ilang mahahalagang usapin ng mga manggagawang Pilipino. Noong Mayo Uno 2011, ipinagdiwang ang Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa at naging malakas ang panawagan ng mga obrerong Pilipino sa buong bansa para sa…
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Syento Beinte Singko Gasino na ang syento beinte singko? Apat na kilo ng bigas, ilang saing sa hapag ng mahirap. Anim na pirasong galunggong, Simutin mula ulo hanggang buntot, at nang makatawid gutom. Kahit noodles ay laman na rin ng sikmura at sa limang pisong pakete mula sa pabrika. busog ka sa…