The political struggle of the working class in the Philippines

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Metro Manila strike against high prices
By Butch Umangan, NCL Bulletin, 15 October 1995. One-day general strike called by the National Confederation of Labor (NCL) and the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) over Ramos government economic policies. The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) worked against the strike because of labor's engagement in parliamentary politics.
Labor groups call for people's strike to press for Lagman's release
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), 13 November 1996. Philippines's three working-class political organizations, BMP, NCL and KPUP, will call for a general strike on the day of the APEC summit on 25 November, to protest APEC, unless Filemon Popoy Lagman, BMP Chair, is released.
Workers Protest Imperialist-Led Summit In Philippines
By Ron Poulsen and Eugen Lepou, The Militant, December 1996. About 500 workers and youthful supporters of Bukluran Ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP or Solidarity of Filipino Workers) marched past sympathetic onlookers to the Malacañang Palace, the offices of Philippines President Fidel Ramos. The march was part of a range of protests over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on that day.
KMU targets Nestle, Ramos
Workers World, 14 August 1997. The May First Movement (KMU), a militant union in the Philippines, attacks Nestle and Ramos' neoliberal policies that have increased neocolonialism.
Philippine Public Sector Union Federation Online
From the COURAGE brochure, [26 November 1997]. The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) is recognized as the leading umbrella organization of public sector unions. Established in 1986, it in the forefront of the struggle to protect and promote the economic and democratic rights of government workers.
Newsclippings on the Labor Day (May 1) people's actions
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Front Page, 2 May 1998. Amid unrest, Ramos vows more jobs. BAYAN rally. Workers hit contractualization of labor. From the Inquirer of 30 April: Workers mobilize for May 1 protests.
Labor Unity Forum
By Mark Johnson, 2 June 1999. The second largest Philippine city, Cebu has avoided the worst excesses of sectarianism within the progressive and labour movement. The town's Labour Unity Front has regrouped many of the splinters of the Communist movement, as well as trade union leaders from the region's main sectors.
Labour leaders deplore protests
The Straits Times 2 December 2000. Labour leaders have deplored the disruptive mass actions being taken by various groups to force President Estrada to step down. Mr Timoteo ‘Boy’ Aranjuez, vice-chairman of the Lakas Manggagawa Labour Centre, and lawyer Roberto Padilla, president of the National Mines and Allied Workers Union, were reacting to the call of communist leader Mr Jose Ma Sison.