Kilusang Mayo Uno Chief Legal Counsel Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr. and 72 other leaders of progressive legal organizations in Southern Tagalog were slapped with charges of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder for supposedly blowing up a Globe Telecom cell site in Puerto Galera, Mindoro.
Saladero and 27 others from Southern Tagalog as well were also charged with arson and inciting to rebellion for accuses of setting another Globe cell site in Lemery, Batangas on explosion.
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Archive - Oct 2008
Amid protectionism for plunderer Jocjoc Bolante; Progressive lawyer, workers, orgs cracked down, swiftly detained
Submitted by KMU on Thu, 2008/10/30 - 2:17pm.KeyNote address at the Labor and Migration workshop at the Int'l Assembly of Migrants and Refugees
Good afternoon, comrades and friends. This is a very important day for us as we seek to understand the global phenomenon of migration, and its impacts on the working class. I would like to congratulate the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) for spearheading this alternative gathering we are all in – the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR). read full article »
KeyNote address at the Labor and Migration workshop at the Int'l Assembly of Migrants and Refugees
The Migration Phenomenon: Issues and Challenges for the Labor Movement
Keynote Address by Elmer C. Labog
National Chairperson, KMU
28 October 2008 read full article »
Kagyat na pagpapalaya sa batikang abogado ng manggagawa at bayan, hiniling
Submitted by KMU on Fri, 2008/10/24 - 1:16pm.Pag-aresto sa KMU Chief Legal Counsel, kinondena
KINONDENA ng militanteng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ang gestapo na pag-aresto kay KMU Chief Legal Counsel Remigio Saladero Jr. kahapon ng mga pulis at militar sa kanyang bahay sa Antipolo.
Ayon kay Elmer ‘Ka Bong’ Labog, tagapangulo ng KMU, matapos na hindi lumusot ang gawa-gawang kasong arson at pagpapasabog sa Globe cellsite sa Batangas noong Agosto 2 na ibinibintang kay Atty. Saladero, kinakasuhan naman siya ngayon ng multiple murder at frustrated murder sa Mindoro.
KMU chief legal counsel’s life under threat by police-military
Submitted by KMU on Fri, 2008/10/24 - 1:14pm.Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) strongly condemned the illegal arrest of their Chief Legal Counsel Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr., by the police and military.
“PNP Chief Jesus Versoza is accountable for the Gestapo-like arrest of Atty. Saladero. We will hold the PNP, AFP and the Arroyo government liable for any untoward incident that may happen to Atty. Saladero because of his frailty health condition aggravated by his unjust arrest and detention,” said KMU Chairperson Elmer Labog.
Dolefil Award for Corporate Excellence a Travesty of Justice
Submitted by KMU on Mon, 2008/10/20 - 12:19pm.The Kilusang Mayo Uno condemns the choice of Dole Food Company as a finalist for the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) by the office of the US Secretary of State. The annual award is in recognition to US businesses operating abroad for “advancing good corporate citizenship, innovation, and democratic principles”. read full article »
KMU office almost intruded; Labor center on alert to mounting threats
Submitted by KMU on Wed, 2008/10/15 - 2:59pm.It was during the twilight dark of October 7, at 3am, when the national office of Kilusang Mayo Uno was almost intruded by a gang of still unidentified men.
A witness saw a pair of slippers at the foot of an electrical post adjacent to the KMU office gate. read full article »
