BIG SALUTE TO OUR WORKERS!

BIG SALUTE TO OUR WORKERS!

             Every year on May 1, Filipinos everywhere celebrate Labor Day to honor their commitment to hard labor. 'Araw ng mga Manggagawa' is how it is referred to in Filipino. In the Philippines, people unwind and spend the day with their loved ones. Labor movements and parades are components of the festivities in Malacanang (the former American Governor's mansion, now the Presidential palace), as well as in significant cities like Manila. Their grievances, which include the minimum wage, cruel working conditions, and other problems that impair employee rights, are brought to light through these actions. On this day, every diligent Filipino is honored, regardless of their line of work.

            On May 1, 1903, the Philippines held its inaugural Labor Day celebration. The nation's first labor union, "Union Obrera Democratica de Filipina (U.O.D.F. )," rallied more than 100,000 workers to march from Tondo's Plaza Moriones to Malacanang. These employees held demonstrations and pressed the then-American-led administration for fair pay and improved working conditions. The incident is regarded as one of the very first street protests in Manila.

            To protect the rights of the working class while under American rule, Isabelo Delos Reyes and "Herminigildo Cruz" founded the U.O.D.F. in February 1902. Delos Reyes was replaced by "Dominador Gomez" after his arrest in August 1902 by the American-led administration on charges of insurrection, sedition, and "conspiracy to raise the price of labor." The U.O.D.F. spearheaded the march with 100,000 workers during Dominador Gomez's administration, and he was detained on the same charges as Delos Reyes. The Philippine Assembly enacted a measure designating May 1 as Labor Day five years later, on April 8, 1908. An official national holiday was declared.

            The Congreso Obrero de Filipinas, organized by Herminigildo Cruz, the other founder of U.O.D.F., on May 1, 1913, was the inaugural Labor Day commemoration. The party pushed for equal pay for equal work, eight-hour workdays, an end to child labor, equal labor standards for men and women, and employer responsibility for their workers. Since 1903, Labor Day has been associated with protests and marches led by the labor movement. In 2012, more than 40 labor federations banded together to establish the NAGKAISA coalition in an effort to persuade the Philippine government to increase the minimum wage, do away with labor contractualization, and regulate market gasoline prices. 


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