Labor Day clash
Protesters clash with riot police as they tried to get closer to the United States Embassy on Roxas Boulevard hiugh noon of May 1, Labor Day. View coverage by Bullit Marquez.
Tag Archives: Labor Day
Nagkakaisang panawagan ng manggagawa
Nagsanib pwersa ang mga grupo ng militanteng manggagawa at 'yung mga may simpatiya sa mga kapitalista para palakasin ang sigaw nila sa pamahalaan at sa publiko na pakinggan ang kanilang mga hinaing, kasama na ang kahilingan para sa pagtaas ng sweldo at pagbaba ang presyo ng mga bilihin.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming May 1 street protests ‘will push through’ MISLEADING
It's going to be done online.
Emotions match the heat on Labor Day protest
Photos by LITTLE WING LUNA Text by MITCH MEÑEZ MAY 1 is International Labor Day and in the Philippines it is a holiday. The designation of May 1 as Workers Day stated in Canada in 1870 when a parade was held in support of a strike against a 58-hour week work. The practice now
Labor Day job fair stars PWD
By EIMOR SANTOS BALIUAG, Bulacan—Frederico “Debong” Palines, was one of thousands who swarmed the Labor Day job fair at the SM Mall in Baliuag recently. But he was not there to look for a job. He went to see his work displayed during the job fair, which was made more colorful by his paintings. Forty-eight
Senatoriables steal labor day limelight, as workers push wage hike
By DARLENE CAY and MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ Photos and video by VINCENT GO Senatorial candidates stole the limelight from the working class at yesterday’s Labor Day protest rallies, where workers called for a wage increase, bigger tax relief, an end to contractualization, non-wage benefits and lower prices of basic commodities. Cameras and microphones turned away
Job contractualization: the next big issue after wage hike
By EIMOR SANTOS AND LLOYD REYES
Photos by VINCENT GO
JENNY Tanael, 47, is a wife of a minimum wage earner and mother of a contractual worker.
Her eldest son Juan Paolo keeps on hunting for a job each time his five-month contract in a fast food chain expires. Sometimes it takes him six months to find work at another branch of said restaurant. In between jobs, he relies for support on his father who earns less than P 400 per day as a security guard.