Kilusang Mayo Uno

KMU

Full name	May First Labour Movement
Native name	Kilusang Mayo Uno
Founded	1 May 1980
Affiliation	Bayan, ITUC, WFTU, IMwF
Key people	Elmer Labog, Chairman
Office location	Quezon City, Metro Manila
Country	Republic of the Philippines
Website	www.kilusangmayouno.org

Kilusang Mayo Uno, or May First Labour Movement (KMU) is an independent labour centre in the Philippines promoting militant unionism. It follows in the fighting tradition of the country's first trade union, the Union Impresores y Litografos de Filipinas (Printers' and Lithographers' Union of the Philippines) in 1892 and the Congress of Labor Organizations (CLO) of the 1950s.

It was created on 1 May 1980 during the Marcos regime to represent progressive workers‘ organisations in the country that advocated National Democratic struggle, especially the end of what was seen as US Imperialism.

Campaigns

KMU advocates for an across-the-board-wage increase of ₱125. This campaign has been launched in 1999 and in December 2006, the House of Representatives approved House Bill 435 seeking a ₱125 legislated wage hike.

KMU is also leading a campaign against extrajudicial killings. Since 2001, more than 70 unionist and labour activists have been killed by death squads. The union president of Nestlé Philippines and PAMANTIK Chairperson Diosdado Fortuna was amongst the slain. They have also launched an international campaign against political killings and have filed a complaint to the International Labour Organization versus the government of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

They have also an ongoing campaign to boycott Nestlé, whom they accuse of labour rights violations in the company's facilities in Laguna Province.

Previous campaigns include a 2004 transport strike to protest rising oil prices, and a campaign to free the late congressman Crispin Beltran from detention by the Philippine National Police.

Other Calls

Like other militant groups, the movement also calls for the proper funding of basic social services that would ease the pains of a common labourer and the Filipinos in general. Aside from fighting for the rights of workers, KMU has also been an active critic of the Palace, citing the Aquino government as a puppet of U.S. imperialists. They have referred to the government's ultimate dependence on corporations for the rehabilitation of the areas struck by Typhoon Yolanda, a scheme to extract cheap labour from the victims of natural calamities.

KMU In Caloocan.

the national people's revolution front (Prente rebulusyon ng bagong bayan.) was established on this day (may 1st 2016) at caloocan city was a new communist party as an subsidiary of that gruop. this group that destroys Imperialism of all mayors in caloocan and manila such as:

• • Joseph Ejercito Estrada
  • mario "tito" santiago (mayor and drug Lord of san jose del monte bulacan
  • Oscar Malapitan (caloocan city dictator).

2nd: is imperialism of all religious groups susch as:

• • El-Shaddai-PPFI
  • Jesus Is Lord Movement
  • Iglesia Ni Cristo
  • The Archdiocese Of Manila
  • Kerygma Ministry Philippines
  • Gabay Kristo
  • Etceteras.

3rd: is imperialism in mass media can destroys:

• • GMA 7 (arch enemy of ABS-CBN that say "channel 7 is a Satanist TV station.")
  • PTV 4 (the government's & imperialist's tv channel versus CNN Philippines.

the new communist party & religious ministry was founded by john robert sanchez of bagong silang caloocan city. (AKA: ka reynaldo but eric obrero only from cubao.)

References

• ICTUR et al.,, ed. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

External links

• KMU official site
• Kilusang Mayo Uno on Facebook
• Kilusang Mayo Uno on Twitter