The political circumstances of the working class in the Philippines

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Appeal on behalf of Diamond Hotel Employees
Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL), 12 December 1997. About 150 truncheon-wielding security guards of the Manila Diamond Hotel ganged up on a handful of striking workers belonging to the National Union of Workers in Hotel Restaurant and Allied Industries-Manila Diamond Hotel Employees Union (NUWHRAIN-MDHEU).
Union president abducted by still unknown men
Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) press release, 18 September 1998. Ramon Baylon, president of Samahan ng mga Camineros sa Los Baños (SCLB), was abducted and beaten by six men in Los Baños, Laguna. Earlier the SCLB had sought the help of COURAGE about underpayment and benefits status.
World Union report condemns Philippines' consistent record of trade union rights violations
ICFTU Online, 28 Septemer 1999. Government officials in the Philippines are failing to protect trade unions trying to organise workers from massive illegal violations of basic workers' rights.
Police violence against Manila Hotel workers
Labour News Network, 17 February 2000. KMU, the national democratic alliance BAYAN, and the Manila Hotel Employees Association will lead a big indignation rally to continue exposing the vicious labor dispute taking place at the Manila Hotel.
Labor Braces for More Hardships
Labour News Network, 14 June 2001. Nearly six months after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been installed into power by a popular uprising, organized labor is digging deep to prepare for a long round of battle against her government's anti-worker policies.