National Federation of Labor

20/06/2026

'HANDA NANG PALAKASIN ANG BPO SECTOR'

Matagumpay na pinangunahan nina UNI Global Organising Director Bro. Jesse Wilderman at Asia & Pacific Organising Director Bro. Hovig Melkonian ang tatlong araw na workshop para sa Philippine BPO Organizing Project, sa pakikipagtulungan sa German Trade Union Confederation (DGB-BW).

Kaisa ang National Federation of Labor (NFL), kasama ang mga kaalyadong grupo na CIO, LIKHA, at BIEN, sa kahandaang ipaglaban ang karapatan at kapanatagan sa trabaho ng mga manggagawa sa BPO.

Kapag ang BPO workers ay nagkakaisa, mas lumalakas ang buong kilusang paggawa! ✊

12/06/2026

'ANG TUNAY NA KALAYAAN AY KALAYAAN SA GUTOM AT KAHIRAPAN'

Ngayong Araw ng Kalayaan, pagnilayan natin kung ano nga ba ang tunay na kahulugan ng kalayaan at demokrasya para sa uring manggagawang Pilipino.

Ang tunay na kalayaan ay hindi lamang matatagpuan sa mga aklat ng kasaysayan o ginagawa tuwing halalan—ito ay dapat nararamdaman sa dignidad ng ating pang-araw-araw na pamumuhay. Ibig sabihin nito ay pagkakaroon ng sapat na sahod, tiyak na trabaho, abot-kayang serbisyong pangkalusugan, at isang kinabukasan kung saan uunlad ang ating mga pamilya.

Magpatuloy tayong mag-organisa at lumaban para sa isang lipunan kung saan ang bawat manggagawa ay malaya sa kahirapan, malaya sa gutom, at may buong kakayahang magtamasa ng isang marangal na buhay! 🇵🇭✊

18/05/2026

08/05/2026

'NAGKAKAISA PARA SA PAGBUBUWAG NG PROVINCIAL RATE AT PAGPAPABABA NG BUWIS'

Mula Maynila hanggang Davao, at sa mga kalsada ng Cebu at Iloilo, libu-libong manggagawa mula sa mga unyon ng NFL at mga kaalyado ng Laban Manggagawa ang nagkaisa ngayong Labor Day. Malinaw ang ating panawagan: ang mga kamay na bumubuo sa bansang ito ay nararapat sa isang marangal na buhay.

Hindi lamang ito simpleng martsa para sa sweldo; ipinaglalaban natin ang living wage na tumutugma sa ating halaga at isang sistema ng buwis na hindi nagpapahirap sa uring manggagawa. Mula sa mga pagawaan at ospital hanggang sa mga bukid at pantalan, ipinamalas natin ang lakas ng ating pagkakaisa sa iba't ibang panig ng bansa.

Ang ating laban ay hindi para sa isang sektor lamang—ito ay pambansang pagkilos para sa hustisya. Patuloy tayong mag-oorganisa at titindig hanggang sa ang yaman ng bayan ay mapakinabangan ng mga manggagawang lumilikha nito! ✊

31/03/2026

IN MEMORIAM
Atty. Ibarra “B**g” A. Malonzo

The National Federation of Labor (NFL) mourns the passing of Atty. Ibarra “B**g” A. Malonzo - unionist, development worker, and steadfast servant of the Filipino working class.

From the shop floors and plantations to the halls of negotiation and institution-building, Atty. B**g lived a life anchored in one unwavering commitment: the dignity of labor. In 1987, he rose to become National President of the NFL, embodying a generation of leaders who believed that unions must not only fight for rights, but also help build the material foundations of workers’ lives.

His leadership helped pioneer a vision that went beyond traditional trade unionism. Under his guidance, plantation unions were transformed into agrarian reform-based cooperatives - an audacious shift that linked workers’ struggles with land, livelihood, and long-term economic empowerment. For Atty. B**g, collective bargaining was never the endpoint; it was only one front in a broader struggle for social justice.

This same vision carried into his work in Mindanao, where he became a central figure in the growth of the Kasanyangan Center for Community Development and Microfinance Foundation, Inc. (KCCDMFI). As President and CEO, and later as Chairman Emeritus, he helped steer the institution through some of its most difficult years - amid conflict, economic instability, and organizational crisis. When others would have retreated, Atty. B**g stepped forward. When communities were displaced and livelihoods shattered, he insisted on rebuilding not only systems, but hope. He believed deeply that the poor are not passive beneficiaries, but active agents of their own development.

Yet, beyond his titles and achievements, those who worked with him remember something more enduring: his quiet determination, his sharp strategic mind, and his ability to bridge the worlds of labor and development, advocacy and institution-building, struggle and reconstruction. He carried the lessons of organizing into every space he entered, and he never lost sight of the people at the center of the work.

Atty. B**g’s life reminds us that the labor movement must constantly evolve, without ever surrendering its core principles. He showed that it is possible to fight and to build, to resist and to create.

Today, NFL honors not only a former National President, but a comrade whose legacy continues in every worker organized, every cooperative formed, and every community that refuses to be left behind.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family, colleagues, and all those whose lives he touched.

His struggle is now our charge.

Mabuhay ang manggagawang Pilipino!

Ipagpapatuloy ang laban ni B**g Malonzo!