AFTER a second attempt in three years, a Japanese electronics company inside a Special Export Processing Zone (SEPZ) in the Philippines was unionized when majority of its regular workers voted to have a union in a certification election (C.E.) on Sept. 18, which was marred by sweet-talks and threats of “closure” from management. Winning convincingly…
SENTRO or Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa was formally established when it held its founding congress last week, August 30-31. Representing at least 80,000 members in the private, public and informal sectors, including migrant workers, women and the youth, SENTRO is committed to take social movement unionism (SMU) to new heights by…
Under the new banner SENTRO, thousands of workers is holding a noise barrage this afternoon along Katipunan Ave., outside Ateneo de Manila University, to press for the scrapping of the pork barrel system. Amid widespread suspicions over Malacañang’s ‘special treatment’ of the queen of pork barrel scam, Janet Lim-Napoles, SENTRO is also calling for an…
“Stop pulling our legs, Mr. President. All ‘pork’ and ‘pork-like funds’ must be abolished permanently!” This is the response of Edwin Bustillos, APL Deputy Secretary General, to PNoy’s declaration this morning that, “it is time to abolish PDAF.” “What we heard is a promise to do away with PDAF, but not to discard with Pork…
Pangungunahan ng Sentro ng Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) ang serye ng mga pagkilos at pagmumulat na nakatuon sa pagluluklok kay Andres Bonifacio bilang Unang Pangulo ng Filipinas. “Nais naming ituwid ang mga maling akala kay Bonifacio, at kilalanin siya bilang unang lider ng isang nabubuong nasyon, ” Ayon kay Josua Mata, Secretary General ng…
Enough of Broken Promises! End Poverty and Inequality! Stop Extra Judicial Killings Now! Today, at least a thousand workers belonging to APL and SENTRO will join the NAGKAISA mobilization along Commonwealth Avenue. This is where social movements and civil society groups will converge to express their dismay over the President Aquino’s failure to live up…
Alliance of Progressive Labor APL 
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