Union organizing in the Philippines – International Workers Day
633 S Hawley Rd., Milwaukee Area Labor Council
The Young Workers Committee of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council Presents: International Workers’ Day 2019
Save the date for a special presentation from The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) or “May First Movement”
April 29th – 30th, Milwaukee Area Labor Council’s Yatchak Hall
The KMU, a major trade union federation in the Philippines, will visit Milwaukee as part of a national speaking tour that is currently being organized.
Visiting speaker, Ed Cubelo, is Chairman of the Metro Manila Chapter of the KMU, the largest and most militant labor center in the Philippines, and president of Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association since the 1990s. Ed will speak about the KMU campaigns to raise the national minimum wage and oppose legal attacks on workers, as well as the efforts of unionists to work against the fascist repression of President Rodrigo Duterte, fighting the regime’s illegal arrest and jailing of trade unionists, violent crackdown on strikes and pickets, imposition of oppressive taxes, and hikes in the prices of basic commodities.
Joining Mr. Cubelo will be Raymond “Mong” Palatino. Palatino is a journalist, educator, activist, and former two-term congressman. He is a founder of the Kabataan Partylist, which represents youth in the Philippine Congress. He is currently the chairperson of the Metro Manila chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-BAYAN, a progressive alliance of people’s organizations.
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in welcoming our guests for International Workers’ Day!
Free and open to the public
Wheelchair accessible
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