The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Monday announced coordinated Labor Day protests across the country to call for an end to the United States-Israel war on Iran and hold the Marcos administration accountable for allegedly failing to address demands for higher wages, lower prices, and adequate subsidies.
KMU, alongside All Workers Unity and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, will gather along España Boulevard before marching to Mendiola on May 1.
Similar actions are set in Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol, Negros, Cebu, Panay, and Davao, according to its statement.
The group said more activities, including assemblies and workplace protests, are expected following the recent Nationwide Day of Action for Living Wages.
‘We will bring our anger to Malacañang against a murderous government-killing workers with low wages, killing families through hunger and poverty, and killing its own people with weapons funded by workers’ and the public’s taxes.,’ KMU Chairperson Jerome Adonis said.
KMU further asserted that while the government ‘refuses’ to heed the people’s demands, it has also bared its ‘fangs’ against the public.
The group cited the Safer Cities Initiative of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as a crackdown on urban poor communities, and raised concerns over alleged human rights abuses under the National Action Plan for Unity, Peace, and Development in Negros and other remote areas.
Meanwhile, KMU lauded the simultaneous filing of wage petitions by workers in the National Capital Region, Region IV-A, and Central Luzon, saying these reflect the worsening economic conditions faced by workers nationwide.
‘Workers’ movements are gaining momentum amid the crisis. They deeply feel its impact on their livelihoods and families and the need to fight back,’ Adonis said.