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07-26-2010 Walang “boss” na busabos sa daang matuwid |
Press Release July 26, 2010 Sa daang matuwid: Walang “boss” na busabos, hamon ng manggagawa sa SONA ni P-Noy Walang “boss” na busabos sa daang matuwid! Ito ang hamong ibinato ng hanay ng manggagawa sa bagong administrasyon kasabay ng kanilang pagmartsa sa kalsada sa okasyon ng unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino III. Ayon sa Partido ng Manggagawa, dahil idineklara ni P-Noy na “kayo ang aking boss” sa kanyang inaugural speech noong Hunyo 30, umaasa ngayon ang mga manggagawa na malalagyan ito ng laman sa pamamagitan ng seryosong pagharap sa mga problemang pasan-pasan ng naghihirap na mga “boss”. Sinabi ng tagapangulo ng Partido ng Manggagawa na si Renato Magtubo, walang kahulugan ang salitang “boss” sa ordinaryong manggagawa kung ang buhay nila ay mananatiling busabos dahil sa nararanasang kahirapan at kawalang dignidad sa buhay. |
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07-25-2010 PAL workers to join SONA march to ask P-Noy to defend regular jobs |
Press Release July 25, 2010 PAL workers to join SONA march to ask P-Noy to defend regular jobs Rank and file workers of Philippine Airlines are joining labor groups’ SONA march tomorrow to ask President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to save their jobs and put an end to the labor contractualization policy. Some 500 members of Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) will join the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) contingent along the Tandang Sora and Commonwealth Avenues around 10:00 am tomorrow before marching with the multisectoral groups Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and the Kampanya para sa Makataong Pamunuhay (KAMP) towards the Batasan Complex. PALEA members have prepared a replica of a PAL plane where they wrote a message for P-Noy asking the President to stop the planned layoff of some 2,600 PAL employees. The PALEANs have been demanding in particular that a ‘midnignt decision’ issued by DOLE on June 15, 2010 be reversed. |
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07-21-2010 Comelec ruled on ‘intent of the Arroyos’ not on ‘intent of the law’ |
Press Release July 21, 2010 Comelec ruled on ‘intent of the Arroyos’ not on ‘intent of the law’–labor group The labor party-list group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) lambasted the Comelec for consistently erring on very important questions on party-list representations. According to PM chair Renato Magtubo, the Comelec is making contempt of its own not only by making self-contradictory rulings but also on making itself highly vulnerable to suspicions that sans propriety, these rulings are nothing but political trade off if not an outright fiscal transaction. “Had Kasangga party-list still had Lourdes Arroyo in its list of nominees, the Comelec could have granted it the same privilege as that of Ang Galing Pinoy whose nominee is the former presidential son, Mikey Arroyo,” explained Magtubo. The labor group said it was obviously the “intent of the Arroyos” and other favoured groups and not the “intent of the party-list law” that were considered by the Comelec in issuing this shameful ruling. |
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07-21-2010 PAL workers hold pre-SONA protest |
Press Release July 21, 2010 PAL workers hold pre-SONA protest Some 300 members of the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) held a pre-SONA rally this morning at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The PAL workers called on the new Secretary of Labor and Employment, Rosalinda Baldoz, to overturn the “midnight decision” by then Acting Labor Secretary Romeo Lagman that found the illegal contracting out of jobs planned by Philippine Airlines to be “a valid exercise of management prerogative.” “Lagman’s midnight decision was erroneous on both substantive and procedural grounds. Now that the ball is in her court, we call on Sec. Baldoz to exercise due process and right judgment in reversing the former Acting Secretary’s midnight decision,” stated Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) vice-chairperson. The rally today was the first of several activities planned by PALEA and PM as buildup to the SONA on Monday. Renato Magtubo, PM chairperson, explained that “We are asking President Aquino to make concrete his promise that democracy should work for all by certifying a set of pro-labor reform bills as urgent in his SONA. Among these should be reforms to enhance job security and stop the proliferation of contractualization schemes.” |
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07-11-2010 Filipino teachers group receives US union’s Democracy Award |
Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana Press Release July 11, 2010 Filipino teachers group receives US union’s Democracy Award A newly formed Filipino teachers group based in Louisiana, USA received yesterday (July 9 US Pacific Time) a prestigious award conferred by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a large US-wide union of teachers and professionals. In a national convention of the AFT, the Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana (FEFL) was awarded the President’s International Democracy Award. This award was created two years ago by AFT “to highlight the continuing struggle for human rights around the world.” In an earlier letter to FEFL informing of the award, AFT stated, “We have selected your organization for your perseverance in fighting against the abusive treatment of placement agencies, its dedication to promote the rights and welfare of all educators and migrants and its commitment to the democratic and legal system.” |
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07-10-2010 Labor groups to engage Aquino government on contractualization demand |
Press Release July 10, 2010 Labor groups to engage Aquino government on contractualization demand A gathering of some 100 labor leaders and trade unionists yesterday afternoon resolved to engage the government of President Noynoy Aquino in the demand to defend job security and stop the proliferation of contractualization schemes. The labor forum was sparked by the ongoing labor dispute at the Philippines Airlines in which the PAL Employees’ Association (PALEA) is fighting management’s alleged illegal contracting out of regular work. Gerry Rivera, PALEA president, said that “We welcome the solidarity of the different labor groups in our fight against contractualization at PAL. We pledge too to support the common call of reforming the policy on contractualization.” The groups which attended the forum plan to mobilize for the coming State of the Nation Address to highlight the demand against labor contractualization. Rivera added that “We appreciate P-Noy’s order for the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to review and evaluate the midnight decision on the PAL dispute. The PAL dispute will not only be a litmus test of the Aquino government’s handling of labor management relations. It will also be an acid test of the task of cleansing the DOLE of corrupt officials and reforming the policy on labor contractualization.” |
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