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BIEN Cebu, Cebu City (2026)

08/05/2026

On the Arrest of Greenpeace Southeast Asia Activists During the ASEAN Summit Opening in Cebu

BIEN Cebu strongly condemns the arrest of four Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists who staged a peaceful protest during the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. The activists were merely exercising their democratic right to peacefully call on ASEAN leaders to address the worsening plastic crisis and the region’s continued dependence on fossil fuels, issues that directly affect workers, communities, and future generations across Southeast Asia.

As partners and allies of Greenpeace Southeast Asia through the Justice for Prime Waste 39 Network, BIEN Cebu stands in solidarity with the arrested activists. We have worked alongside environmental defenders and waste workers in advancing environmental justice and corporate accountability, recognizing that the climate crisis and labor exploitation are deeply interconnected. Workers, including those in the BPO industry, bear the impacts of climate disasters, toxic pollution, and unsafe living conditions driven by unchecked corporate greed.

Peaceful protest is not a crime. The real crisis lies in a system that allows corporations to continue flooding our region with single-use plastics while communities suffer the consequences, landfill collapses, polluted air and water, and worsening climate impacts that threaten workers’ health, livelihoods, and safety.

At a time when ASEAN leaders gather to discuss regional cooperation, silencing peaceful dissent sends the wrong message. Governments must listen to the voices of communities demanding urgent action to reduce plastic production, phase out problematic single-use plastics, hold corporate polluters accountable, and pursue a just transition away from fossil fuel dependence.

BIEN Cebu calls for the immediate release of all Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists currently held at Lapu-Lapu Police Station 2. We urge authorities to respect civil liberties and uphold the right of people’s organizations and advocates to peacefully express their demands for environmental and social justice.

The struggle for workers’ rights is inseparable from the struggle for environmental justice. BIEN Cebu reaffirms its solidarity with environmental defenders and all sectors fighting for a livable, sustainable, and just future for the people of Southeast Asia.

Release The Environmental Activists Now! Act On The Climate And Plastic Crisis!

26/04/2026

BIEN Cebu calls on BPO workers to stand with our fellow workers as we fight for living wages, lower prices, and an end to corruption.

Sign up here: tinyurl.com/BIENcebuProtest

The cost of living in Cebu is reaching an all time high, yet our wages remain the same. This is not an issue affecting only BPO workers, but workers in Cebu and the Philippines.

May 1, 2026 (Friday)
📍 8:30 AM | Fuente Circle
📍 9:00 AM | P. Del Rosario
📍 10:30 AM | Metro Colon
Workers stronger together!

For those interested in becoming a member or volunteer of BIEN Cebu, you may sign up here: bit.ly/JoinBIENcebu

25/04/2026

tinyurl.com/WageIncreaseBIEN

Cebu reports inflation as high as 9.1%, yet wages remain the same.
BIEN-Cebu will be filling a petition before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board Region 7, for an urgent wage increase.

✊ Fight for living wages amidst increasing cost of living

We call on workers of Cebu, especially BPO workers, to sign this petition. This petition will benefit all workers, especially minimum wage earners.

Sign the petition here! tinyurl.com/WageIncreaseBIEN

09/04/2026

[ LABOR DAY 2026 ACTIVITY CALENDAR ]

📋REGISTRATION LINK
tinyurl.com/BIENCEBUeducation
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👥 Activities are open to all! Bring a friend!
Labor Day activities:

- Workers' Education and Training modules on various issues affecting society
- Orientation for those interested in joining the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) Cebu Chapter
- Worker-led protest actions

Sign up and be a member here!
bit.ly/JoinBIENcebu

06/04/2026

EARTHQUAKE ALERT!
Magnitude 5.4 near City of Bogo (3:22PM)

Report OSH Violations of BPO companies to BIEN Cebu!
(1) no evacuation was done,
(2) business as usual despite no safety inspection ,
(3) no other safety protocols were followed,

Uphold right of workers to refuse unsafe work!

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RA 11058
An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof

Section 6. Workers' Right to Refuse Unsafe Work. The worker has the right of refusal to work without threat or reprisal from the employer if, as determined by the DOLE, an imminent danger situation exists in the workplace that may result in illness, injury or death, and corrective actions to eliminate the danger have not been undertaken by the employer.

31/03/2026

[ ONLINE DISCUSSION ]
tinyurl.com/BIENCEBUeducation

Prices keep going up, yet wages aren't enough. Let's talk about it.

Join us for a Zoom discussion this April 4, 2026 (Saturday), 4:00 PM where we’ll break down:

🔴 Rising prices and our fight for a national family living wage
🌍 How global conflicts affect our economy, and what the government should do.
💼 Job security and what workers are facing today
🔎 Debunking misconceptions and myths about wage increase.

📌 Register here: tinyurl.com/BIENCEBUeducation

08/02/2026

UNITY STATEMENT: ONE MONTH AFTER, STILL NO JUSTICE FOR THE BINALIW LANDFILL LANDSLIDE VICTIMS. HOLD PRIMEWASTE SOLUTIONS, THE CEBU CITY LGU, AND THE DENR ACCOUNTABLE.

One month after the deadly landfill landslide in Barangay Binaliw, justice remains out of reach. Thirty-six workers lost their lives in a tragedy that was preventable, yet meaningful investigations, accountability, and concrete action remain absent. Announcements and site visits have replaced genuine probes, while efforts to resume landfill operations signal a dangerous return to business-as-usual at the expense of workers’ lives and community safety.

We assert that PrimeWaste Solutions Inc., along with the Cebu City government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), must be held directly accountable for this disaster. Corporate negligence, regulatory failure, and the absence of strict occupational safety and environmental enforcement led to the loss of lives that should have been protected. Justice for the victims cannot be delayed, diluted, or buried under compliance checklists and bureaucratic processes.

We stand in solidarity with the families and communities of the victims and affirm that relief and compassion must go hand in hand with accountability. The responsibility to provide compensation, long-term support, and justice lies with the corporation involved and the government agencies tasked to protect workers and the public. We will continue to demand transparency, independent investigations, and systemic reforms to ensure that no worker or community suffers the same fate.

Signed by:
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment
Center for Environmental Concerns
Panatang Luntian
Code Green Philippines
BPO Industry Employees Network–Cebu
Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo–Kilusang Mayo Uno
League of Filipino Students–Cebu
Kabataan Partylist–Cebu
Anakbayan–Cebu
NKE Cebu
Carolinian Environmental Society

28/01/2026

PTF-ELCAC in Cebu Will Target Workers’ Dissent, Not Insurgency – BIEN-Cebu
PRESS STATEMENT

The BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN)-Cebu joined fellow labor organizations and human rights advocates in a mass mobilization on January 22 to oppose and call for the junking of Executive Order No. 61, series of 2025, issued by the Cebu Provincial Government. The order seeks to create a Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), purportedly to address insurgency in Cebu.

“We raise serious concern over the creation of a PTF-ELCAC in a province that has long been declared insurgency-free,” said Kyle Enero, President of BIEN-Cebu. “The bloody and well-documented track record of the national TF-ELCAC shows that this body is not meant to address armed conflict, but to suppress dissent. A localized version will only replicate these abuses.”

BIEN-Cebu warned that the establishment of the PTF-ELCAC will inevitably endanger workers, particularly BPO employees who have been actively organizing and campaigning for livable wages, security of tenure, safe workplaces, and the right to unionize.

“With the groundbreaking campaigns launched by BPO workers last year for workplace safety and job security, workers have already been subjected to intimidation and harassment,” Enero added. “The creation of a PTF-ELCAC will only heighten our vulnerability to red-tagging and attacks by state forces, with the clear objective of crushing the progressive labor movement in Cebu.”

Across the Visayas, workers and labor advocates have faced numerous cases of red-tagging, illegal arrests and detention, abductions, and extrajudicial killings. Among these are the abduction of Cebu-based unionists Armand Dayoha and Dyan Gumanao in January 2023, and the arrest of BIEN’s former national coordinator Anne Krueger in Negros in October 2019.

“Even with only the national TF-ELCAC in place, the state has been sowing fear among workers for merely asserting their rights and dignity,” said Enero, who also serves as BIEN’s Interim Vice-President for Visayas. “What more if a provincial task force is formed? We can only expect an escalation of human rights violations in the island.”

BIEN-Cebu further cautioned that the PTF-ELCAC risks becoming another conduit for corruption, mirroring how the national TF-ELCAC has been plagued by issues of misuse of public funds since it began receiving substantial allocations in 2018.

“We remind Governor Pam Baricuatro that social unrest does not arise from nowhere,” Enero concluded. “It is rooted in poverty, hunger, job insecurity, and the systematic disregard for workers’ rights. These cannot be resolved through militarist and repressive measures. If she truly claims to be a People’s Governor, she must rescind Executive Order No. 61.” # # #

Reference:

KYLE ENERO
President, BIEN-Cebu
Interim Vice-President for Visayas, BIEN

27/01/2026

📣 Call for Volunteer Labor Lawyers & Paralegals!
Stand with BPO workers. Help defend labor rights and expand access to justice.

Send us a message if you are interested in volunteering for BIEN Cebu

⚖️ Serve the people.

25/01/2026

BPO workers finish Mass Campaign Training and Developmental Legal Assistance Orientation

BIEN-Cebu hosted a workshop focused on equipping BPO workers with the skills to effectively plan and lead campaigns both inside and outside the workplace.

Onwards to a stronger 2026 for BPO workers’ struggles! ✊

One Voice. One Industry.
BPO Workers Unite!

24/01/2026

CEBU BPO WORKERS ONLINE GRIEVANCE DESK — NOW LIVE

BIEN-Cebu is officially launching the BPO WORKERS ONLINE GRIEVANCE DESK to address the numerous complaints and grievance reports we have received across different BPO companies in Cebu.

📣 Submit your grievance or book a physical or online consultation here:
👉 tinyurl.com/BIENCEBUgrievance (or scan the QR code)

📌 All submissions will be treated with strict confidentiality.

BIEN Cebu remains steadfast in fighting for the rights and welfare of BPO workers and the Filipino people.

This initiative aims to streamline complaints so we can assist workers in a timely, efficient, and systematic manner.

ONE VOICE. ONE INDUSTRY.
BPO WORKERS UNITE!

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