Amidst another round of oil price hikes, workers and urban poor led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno and other sectors stormed Shell’s main office in Makati to protest the Big 3 oil companies’ overpricing of petroleum products, calling on the public to join the March 8 and 15 protests against overpricing.
We, of the Philippines’ genuine, militant and anti-imperialist labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, express our warm solidarity with the workers and people of India who are holding the biggest strike in the history of their country.
Today, we join protests against the scheme to expand and extend US military presence and intervention in the country on the occasion of a visit by US Deputy Secretary of State for Trade Demetrios Marantis.
“Increasing investor confidence does not mean decreasing poverty.”
This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s statement today as it reacted to a portion of Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s speech for the celebration of the 26th anniversary of the Edsa People Power uprising in which he bragged about his government’s “success” in earning investors’ confidence.
“The Aquino government is using flawed statistics to try to deceive the public into believing that the current administration is addressing massive unemployment, hunger, and poverty in the country.”
“Being sick is in the nature of call center agents’ work. That is the kind of job the Aquino government is promoting in the country.”
This was the statement of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno in response to the disclosure of Department of Health (DOH) that call center agents working graveyard shifts face serious health problems that are nearing crisis levels.
Today, three months after the Supreme Court released its decision to distribute the lands of Hacienda Luisita to farm workers, we march to call on the Supreme Court as a collegial body: Junk the Cojuangco-Aquino family’s motion for reconsideration! Implement the free and unconditional distribution of Luisita’s lands to farmers – now!
Amidst another round of oil price hikes, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno reiterated its call for a nationwide protest this March 15 against the overpricing of petroleum products by the Big 3 oil companies, saying the Big 3 is exploiting price movements in the world market to boost their profits.
Workers across the country led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno held a nationwide protest today against a Labor department order they dubbed as “the license for contractualization.”
