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Philippine Labor party calls for removal of VAT on oil to reduce prices

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 00:20

By Labor Party - Philippines

One day after the transport protest against the unabated increases in oil prices, the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) called on the administration of President Benigno Aquino III to remove the VAT on oil products as an immediate measure to reduce prices.

“Noynoying at oil price hikes is unacceptable. Malacanang must assuage the public that despite movements in the international price of oil, the government has the menu of options to mitigate the impact of these price movements,” insisted Jong Pacanot, PM-Davao spokesperson.

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Thousands of militant workers march for higher pay in the Philippines

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 03:12

Manila, Philippines - Thousands of workers led by the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) and its allied organizations converged in key cities on Labor Day to reiterate their demand for better wages, improved economy, jobs, security of tenure for workers and an end to demolition of squatter shanties.

Edwin Bustillos, APL deputy secretary-general, said almost one year after the victory of President Aquino, workers have yet to see tangible gains.

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Labor Day statements from the Philippines

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 06:46

May 1 protest demands a stop to layoffs and contractualization

Workers Party - Philippines

The call to stop mass layoffs and labor contractualization rang loud and clear in protests on Labor Day. The demand to reform the wage fixing system and abolish the wage boards were also highlighted in the protest motorcade dubbed “Sakbayan para sa Trabahong Regular at Dagdag Sahod” by the party-list Partido ng Manggagawa (PM - Workers Party).

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Filipino workers say "Never Again"

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 22:04
Filipino workers say "Never Again"
Filipino workers say "Never Again"

Kowalisyon Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon

Workers belonging to the Coalition Against Contractualization (KONTRA) today marched to Mendiola to mark the anniversary of the signing of Proclamation 1081 that imposed Martial Law 37 years ago and to reaffirm their vows to never again let the country slip into darkness.

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The global crisis is a crisis of capitalism

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 19:58

It is time for the workers and the poor in the Philippines to prepare for the worse the moment its government keeps on repeating the mantra that the economic fundamentals remain good and thus there is little to worry about effects of the global recessionary trend. The world found itself in the present mess precisely because of such blind faith in neoliberal fundamentalism.

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Filipino Workers to heads of G20: Creating a better world order is no more your business

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 06:09

Relegating the world’s future to the hands of same leaders who created the current global economic crisis is a recipe to further disaster, according to Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party), a militant labor party in the Philippines which joined hundreds of other protesters in a march to the US embassy this morning in time for the G20 Summit in Washington DC.

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