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IN PHOTOS: Protests on Labor Day 2021

Vernise Tantuco

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IN PHOTOS: Protests on Labor Day 2021

AMID PANDEMIC. Hundreds of militant workers march to the Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City on Labor Day, May 1, 2021.

Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and red-tagging, Filipino workers take to the streets on Labor Day to demand fair treatment

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.

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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.

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‘IPAGLABAN.’ Hundreds of militant workers march to Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City, on Labor Day, May 1, 2021.
Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler
CALL. The workers protesting at Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City air their dismay over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines and call for sufficient aid to the labor sector, especially for those affected by the pandemic.
Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

– Rappler.com

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Vernise Tantuco

Vernise Tantuco is on Rappler's Research Team, fact checking suspicious claims, wrangling data, and telling stories that need to be heard.