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Stop Political Killings campaign
Murder of peasant leader opening HRV salvo of new AFP chief
Submitted by KMU on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 11:28am.Labor center condemns killing of labor leader Gerry Cristobal this morning
Submitted by KMU on Mon, 2008/03/10 - 9:30pm.KMU urged CHR and ILO to help solve the extra-judicial killings spree
The militant Kilusang Mayo Uno condemns the killing of former union leader Gerry Cristobal in Cavite this morning. Elmer “Bong” Labog, KMU Chair, urged the Philippine Commission on Human Rights and the International Labor Organization to take a close look and actively aid the labor sector in seeking justice for the rising number of extra-judicially murdered Filipino labor activists and leaders. KMU has previously filed a request in ILO to press the Arroyo government to really act against the killings. read full article »
DILG should urge Task Force Usig to really investigate all political killings - KMU
Submitted by KMU on Mon, 2008/01/21 - 4:54pm.Instead of praising Task Force Usig and serving as its amplifier/spokesperson, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) should be apologizing to the public for having failed, so far, to do their part in solving and stopping the spate of political killings in the administration of Ms Arroyo, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Chairperson Elmer ‘Ka Bong’ Labog said today. read full article »
Labor Center vows to fight AFP's proposed National ID both in court and streets
Submitted by KMU on Tue, 2008/01/08 - 1:17pm.The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Labor Center vowed to fight the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) proposal for a National Identification Card both in the courts and streets. The proposal was made during the command conference held last Monday, January 7, 2008 to support the counter-insurgency campaign of the AFP. The KMU in 2006 challenged before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Executive Order 420.
Union leader gets threats to life anew
Submitted by KMU S. Mindanao on Wed, 2007/12/19 - 9:55am.Compostela, Compostela Valley—The president of a union of banana plantation workers here received fresh threats to his life amidst an on-going negotiation on the terms of their employment under the Fresh Bananas Agricultural Company, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Fruits Corporation-AJMR.
Labor centre encouraged by Alston report: cautions for continued vigilance against extrajudicial killings
Submitted by KMU on Wed, 2007/11/28 - 1:55pm.Manila, Philippines – Workers with the Filipino labor centre Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement welcomed the final report released Monday by Australian academic Philip Alston, commissioned by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to investigate extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Alston laid responsibility on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the killings leftist activists as
part of a campaign against communist insurgents.
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part of a campaign against communist insurgents.
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Justice still elusive to fallen farm-workers and their families
Submitted by KMU on Sat, 2007/11/17 - 9:29am.
3 years after the infamous Hacienda Luisita Massacre
" Will justice to the victims of Glorietta and Batasan bombings be as elusive as to the fallen farm-workers of Hacienda Luisita and their families?
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