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16/02/2026

06/01/2026

Congratulations to the Kepco Cebu Employees Association - Wokrers Solidarity Network (KCEA-WSN)!!

The signing of your CBA is a victory for workers’ unity, rights, and collective strength.!!

WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!

28/11/2025

27/11/2025

06/11/2025

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We call on the youth and the people to take our grief and turn it into action. Bring our anger to the streets and demand accountability from those who have failed us time and time again. Join us as we march, as we rage, as we remember the lives lost not to nature, but to negligence.

📌 5PM. 11/07/25. Fuente.

Photos not owned by Youth Claim – UP Cebu. CTTO (Credit to the Owner).

26/10/2025

Statement for Unions for a Trade Justice

Statement of Unions for Trade Justice

Unions Warn: EU–PH FTA Could Cost More Than It Promises

On the 4th Round of Negotiations for the PH–EU Free Trade Agreement

Unions for Trade Justice express grave concern over the government’s rush to sign an expansive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union — a deal that could cost us far more than it claims to deliver.

This FTA is far broader than any agreement we’ve ever entered into, intruding into vital areas such as government procurement, competition, investment policy, digital trade, and even minerals. These provisions would allow EU investors to compete with our local industries unhampered by government regulation.
But are Filipino industries ready for that kind of competition? Without a clear industrial policy, the Philippines is negotiating blindly.

Government justifies the rush by saying we must “lock in” the benefits of the EU’s GSP+ before it expires in 2027. But this is a false choice. The GSP+ can be renewed or extended without surrendering our future policy space.
We must not trade temporary tariff perks for permanent constraints on our right to regulate, develop local industries, and protect our workers.

Even the government’s aim of technology transfer is hollow. EU FTAs ban performance requirements—such as obligations for investors to transfer technology, use local inputs. So how can this deal genuinely help us build our renewable energy sector or advance our industrialization?

We are also alarmed by the digital trade provisions—crafted to protect Big Tech, not our people. Data is the raw material of the digital economy, yet this FTA could hand control of it to foreign corporations and prevent us from regulating them. Even the U.S.A. has realized in its own trade talks in Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

Meanwhile, the so-called Trade and Sustainable Development chapter sounds good on paper—but our experience with GSP+ shows that promises on labor and human rights rarely translate into real accountability.

The truth is clear: rushing this FTA is not about development—it’s about giving away our economic sovereignty.
If the deal threatens our ability to chart our own economic path, to protect workers, and to build industries that serve our people—then we must stop and rethink.

We ask: Is this FTA what the Philippines truly needs right now? And who really stands to benefit from it? Why the rush?

09/10/2025

OMEGA-PIGLAS highly sppreciate the WRC’s findings about the disputes at Metro Wear 2, Cebu. After months of struggle, all five dismissed union leaders are reinstated with full back pay, and a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has been signed—securing wage increases, grievance mechanisms, representations and stronger worker protections. A win for dignity, justice, and genuine union power!

https://www.workersrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WRC-Findings-and-Remediation-at-Metro-Wear-2-Philippines.pdf

02/10/2025

WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!: ALAN ESPONGA REINSTATED!

After persistent struggle and collective action, we proudly announce that Alan Esponga has been reinstated to his job! This reinstatement is a victory not only for Alan but for all workers who continue to fight for dignity, justice, and security of tenure.

This victory proves that when workers stand united, we can defeat unfair dismissals and uphold our rights. We remain vigilant and committed to ensuring that no worker is left behind, and that every injustice in the workplace is met with solidarity and resistance.

Mabuhi ang mga mamumuo! Mabuhi ang trabahante sa MEPZ!

02/08/2025

lululemon and Sports City International-Philippines PH1 responds to Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa - Sentro and Partido Manggagawa's complaints on anti-union behavior through Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

30/07/2025

28/07/2025

SONA 2025: GYERA LANG NG DINASTIYA, WALANG GYERA SA KAHIRAPAN
While political dynasties are locked in a bitter battle for power, the working class suffer. Workers continue to face chronic poverty and exploitation, three years under the so-called “Bagong Pilipinas” of the Marcos administration.

Mas mataas pa ang baha sa sweldo, ang mas tumitibay ay katayuan ng mga tiwali sa gobyerno kaysa sa trabaho at hanapbuhay ng mga Pilipino.