Kilusang Mayo Uno

“He won’t do it willingly.”

This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction today to Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statement that he is willing to impose price controls on petroleum products if necessary, calling on the workers and people to join protests in the coming weeks to put pressure on the president to control oil prices.

Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III for failing to improve the country’s employment situation in his first full year in office, saying the president continues to promote low-quality jobs.

Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed today government peace negotiator Alexander Padilla for calling on communist rebels to lay down arms and for hinting that the peace talks will be terminated if the rebels refuse to do so, saying Padilla is sabotaging the peace negotiations with the call.

“We will be glad to be proven wrong, but we are not expecting much from the so-called independent review of oil companies’ books.”

We would like to clarify matters pertaining to the news article “KMU calls on Aquino to reopen Olalia case” which saw print in the Philippine Daily Inquirer last Jan. 26.