PAMBANSANG BIGWAS SA CON-ASS! KMU Activities

PAMBANSANG BIGWAS SA CON-ASS!
People’s Protest Against Arroyo’s Con-Ass and Term Extension

| Within a week, scattered contingents will converge and grow into a huge sea of protesters that will mark Arroyo’s ninth SONA as her last |

JULY 22 (Wednesday)
Start of Lakbayan, Southern Tagalog militants’ march from Laguna to Metro Manila
- includes three wings: Rizal and Quezon (east wing), Laguna (central wing), Batangas, Cavite and Occidental Mindoro (west wing)

JULY 23 (Thursday)
9 a.m.  – Workers under the Association of Nationalist and Genuine Labor Organizations (ANGLO-KMU) federation to welcome Southern Tagalog militants in Cainta junction
Evening – Vigil of Lakbayan participants in Baclaran Church, FTI (Triumph picketline) and Plaza Rizal

JULY 24 (Friday)
10 a.m. – Workers under the Drug, Food and Allied Industries Federation (DFA-KMU) and Lakbayan participants converge in Makati for solidarity lunch;
2 p.m. – start of march to Manila
4 p.m. –National Federation of Workers Union (NFWU-KMU) welcomes Lakbayan participants

JULY 25 (Saturday)
11 a.m. – Kilusang Mayo Uno and member-federations join Lakbayan participants in the march to Mendiola, to hold a vigil in Manila later in the evening

JULY 26 (Sunday)
Early morning – Lakbayan participants and other contingents start their march from Manila to UP Diliman
9 a.m. – Ilaw at Buklod ng Manggagawa (IBM-KMU) welcomes marching Lakbayan participants at España
Whole day – Final preparations for People’s SONA at KMU’s national office in Project 3, Quezon City
Evening – Lakbayan participants and contingents from various areas in Metro Manila hold a vigil in UP Diliman

JULY 27 (Monday)
PEOPLE’S SONA,  whole day-program along Commonwealth Ave.

Contact person:
Elmer “Bong” Labog, KMU Chairperson, 0929-629-3234