May 7, 2015 · Posted in: Civil Society, Congress Watch, Culture, Human Rights, In the News, Migrant Workers Issues, Noynoy Watch, Women
May Day 2015
Text and photos by Cong B. Corrales
A SEA OF RED banners, pennants, shirts, and streamers engulfed Liwasang Bonifacio yet again on May Day 2015.
The site of countless protest rallies against dictatorship, corruption, and violations of people’s rights, Liwasang Bonifacio on Saturday played host to workers from the militant unions of the Kilusang Mayo Uno.
By all indications unflinching, unbending in demeanor and resolve they called out the Aquino government for its failure to increase wages, provide jobs, end the country’s labor export policy, and curb “corporate greed” and corruption. – PCIJ, May 2015
