Archive | May 1, 2012

Labor day in the Philippines

by Alex Almario Belaboring the worker’s cause Most of our holidays have become, through the years, largely cynical. Christmas, people will say, has now been turned into a secular, profit-dri ven event. Valentine’s Day is not really nothing is as openly and as hopelessly cynical as Labor Day. People still get together and actually feel happy during Christmas [...]

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Call to end of contractualization, passage of Security of Tenure Bill

This is a press statement from Akbayan as they call for end of contractualization, passage of Security of Tenure Bill on Labor Day Akbayan Party today joined the traditional Labor Day march from Espana to Mendiola of the various labor unions under the banner of the newly-formed labor alliance named NAGKAISA! and called for the [...]

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