A Tribute to Filipino Labor Leader Romy Castillo (tags)
Who was labor leader Romy Castillo to this young activist?
FQS Activist and a KMU official passes away at 56 (tags)
PESANTE NEWS today learned that KMU leader and an FQS activist Douglas Dumanon passed away. Dumanon also served as KMU’s national treasurer from 2001 to 2004. "He contributed much to the expansion and relations of KMU to various independent unions, and the labor center’s alliance work," Labog said.
Rep. Crispin Beltran, The Great Hero of the Working Class (tags)
The Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (Alliance Philippines), with profound sadness, announced the passing of Ka (short for "kasama" or comrade) Crispin Beltran, 75, last May 20, 2008, in the Philippines. Ka Bel, as we fondly call him, was a representative of ANAKPAWIS (Toiling Masses) Party List, chair emeritus of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement), labor center in the Philippines, and was the first chairperson of the International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) from 2001-2004.
Huwag nang buhayin pa ang bangkay - KMU (tags)
" Huwag nang buhayin pa ang bangkay." Ito ang pagsasalarawang sinabi ng militanteng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) sa posisyon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na buhayin ang Anti-Subversion Law bilang bahagi ng anti-insurgency campaign ng gobyerno. Inihayag kahapon ni PGMA ang pagsuporta niya sa plano ni Cong. Jose Solis na ibalik ang Anti-subversion Law na pinawalambisa noong 1992.
Pambansa-koordinadong protesta at welgang transportasyon, tagumpay! (tags)
IPINAHAYAG ng militanteng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ngayong umaga na tagumpay ang pambansa-koordinadong protesta at welgang transportasyon bago pa man ito sinimulan ngayong araw. Sinabi ni Elmer ‘Ka Bong’ Labog, Tagapangulo ng KMU na ang pahayag ng Department of Energy (DOE) na wala nang susunod pang pagtataas ng presyo ng langis ngayong Disyembre at anunsyo ng LPGMA o LPG Marketers Association na magrorolbak sila ng presyo ng LPG sa mga susunod na araw, sa bisperas ng pagdaraos ng welgang transportasyon ay mga malinaw na positibong mga reaksyon sa mga lehitimong panawagan at sentimyento ng mga demonstrador.
FILIPINO TECH-VOC GRADS END UP WITH LOW PAY (tags)
Technical vocational courses supply the pool of skilled reserve labor that services multinational firms which transferred the labor-intensive part of their production processes to low-wage countries like the Philippines according to the militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).