OLONGAPO City: Some 500 members of cause-oriented groups including workers of the Hanjin Shipyard in Subic Bay Freeport Zone held a peaceful rally to celebrate Labor Day.
Members of the League of Urban Poor (LUPA), Nuclear Free Movement, Makabayan, Kaisa Ka Womens Group, Ship and Construction Workers Association, HHIC Incorporated Workers Union, National Union of Builders and Construction Workers, Buklod ng Kababaihan and Tatag Inc. walked from Marikit Park to Volunteers Park near the main gate.
The protesters demanded the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement, the planned revival of the nuclear power plant in Bataan, workers safety at Hanjin Shipyard and globalization.
Olongapo City Police Director Senior Supt. Oscar Albayalde who was at hand during the protest said that no untoward incident happened during the two-hour activity that started at 10:30 a.m.
Meanwhile inside the Subic freeport, hundreds of workers from different companies held a sports festival organized by the labor department of the Subic bay Metropolitan Authority.
— Anthony Bayarong, Manila Times
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
