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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, laborers and progressive groups all over the Philippines took to the streets on Labor Day, May 1, to protest unfair labor practices, red-tagging, and human rights violations in the country.
Around 1,850 participants joined the protests physically on Saturday, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Some of the groups that were present were the Bahaghari, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng mga Maralita ng Lungsod, Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong, Akbayan, Bayan Muna, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Gabriela Women’s Party, Alliance of Progressive Labor, Anakbayan-University of the Philippines (UP), and the Alliance of Concerned Students UP-Baguio.
The PNP said that the Labor Day activities “culminated peacefully and orderly,” but there were reports on Saturday of the police blocking venues for demonstrations in Manila and Calamba, Laguna.
In Cebu, 34 people from different workers’ groups were arrested for allegedly violating social distancing rules.
Nonetheless, the labor groups gathered and spoke out against the Duterte administration’s “irresponsible” pandemic response.
Here are photos of Labor Day commemorations across the country.
– Rappler.com
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