Philippine Metalworkers' Alliance

26/04/2026

𝐏𝐌𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Handa ka na ba ngayong Mayo uno?

Pakinggan natin ang hinaing ng nagkakaisang manggagawa sa darating na April 28, 2026 Press Conference ng iba't-ibang hanay ng paggawa para sa kagya't at makataong pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa kasalukuyang mga hinaing ng uring manggagawa.

Uring manggagawa, hukbong mapagpalaya!

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NATIONAL WAGE COALITION PRESS CONFERENCE: SAHOD ITAAS! BUWIS IBABA! MAG-WELGA BUONG BANSA!

DATE: 28 April 2026 (Tuesday) at 10 AM

VENUE: Audio Visual Room (AVR), TUCP Building, TUCP-PGEA Compound, Masaya St. cor Maharlika St. Diliman, Quezon City

The National Wage Coalition, composed of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition (NAGKAISA!), and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), will hold a press conference on 28 April 2026 (Tuesday) at 10 AM to launch this year’s Labor Day march under a common call: SAHOD ITAAS! BUWIS IBABA! MAG-WELGA BUONG BANSA!

Workers across the country are set to mobilize in unprecedented numbers against the indifference and inaction of the Marcos Administration to the workers’ five-point demand W.E.L.G.A. to raise the minimum wage, reduce taxes for the middle class, impose wealth and windfall profits tax, lower prices, and full recovery of stolen wealth by holding all the corrupt accountable. Every Filipino working family is also one with the global call to end the war and restore a just and lasting peace in the Middle East and beyond.

KAYA SA DARATING NA MAYO UNO, ANG BAWAT MANGGAGAWA, PAMILYA, AT ORDINARYONG PILIPINO AY MANGANGALAMPAG SA GOBYERNO: SAHOD ITAAS! BUWIS IBABA! MAG-WELGA BUONG BANSA!

23/04/2026

𝐏𝐌𝐀 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

PMA recently attended the Senate Committee on Labor's hearing over the passing of an anti-contractualization bill in accordance with the national union's effort to help workers who do not belong to the "unionizable" section of the sector.

The practice of contractualization has always been a battle fought by PMA ever since its founding as part of its devotion to combating the adverse effects of neoliberalism which gave birth to contractualization and other unjust labor practices. The labor group's participation at the hearing clearly manifests the belief that the battle against contractualization must be won beyond the walls of factories and extend to the corridors of power.

Mabuhay ang uring manggagawa!

10/04/2026

𝐏𝐌𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

PMA receives the current interest of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation in the Electric Vehicle Incentive Strategy (EVIS) as a welcome development to further boost the manufacturing of electric auto-vehicles in the country, while staying critical over the neoliberal orientation of the Electric Vehicle Development Act or EVIDA and strongly cites the inclusion of labor due diligence and protection of workers' rights as necessary provisions in the program implementation to anticipate any negative repercussions to workers in the auto-manufacturing industry.

08/04/2026

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗼. 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘆'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Let's all greet our Bro. Dionisio "Diony" Lat, PMA Second Vice-President and National Director for Political and Legislative Action, on his day today! Happy Birthday, Pangulong Diony! May you have a meaningful birthday today and more birthdays to come! Cheers! 🥳🥳🥳

06/04/2026

𝙔𝙪𝙣, 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙩!

PMA congratulates its local union Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Labor Organization (TMPCLO) for its recently successful orientation of new members, who were also newly regularized workers of their company. This small success was part of PMA's continuous battle against labor contractualization. This also proves that unions can be a vehicle of campaign against the inhumane scheme of labor contractualization within their own premises, even though they are tied to the country's rigid legal parameters.

Mabuhay kayo TMPCLO!

05/04/2026

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫

As we celebrate the rising of the Lord, let us not forget that he is also a worker, oppressed and impoverished just like us. Let his rising be always remembered as a hope that one day, workers will work their way out of their current misery and reach their own salvation.

Let this verse from the Bible remind us of the truthfulness of this salvation: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24.

01/04/2026

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬

Despite the odds of Trump's tariff war against the world and his imposed war on Iran, Japanese companies have been accepting the demand of labor for a better wage. Please read the article below:

Close attention is being paid to whether the wage hike momentum will spread to small companies, which employ about 70% of all workers in Japan.

29/03/2026

𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

As this day marks the beginning of Holy Week, PMA encourages us all to lament on the humble beginnings of our Lord, and to reflect on the divine truth that the Son of Man did not choose to be a king on earth and rode a donkey on his way to Jerusalem instead of chariots. Today marks the victory of Jesus before dying on the cross and redeeming our sins.

Let us all reflect on the message of Jesus' fulfillment of the divine prophecy in accordance with the current suffering that we continuously experience because of a downtrodden system that even Jesus would denounce if ever he was on earth.

"Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' Hosanna in the highest heaven!"