“Workers march for food, jobs and justice” on Labor Day
Filipino workers march for jobs and justice in Manila
“Food, jobs, justice and freedom” were the rallying cry of thousands of Filipino workers to mark the International Labor Day on May 1, 2008.

Beset with the rising food prices in the last two weeks, the workers demanded that the government address the needs of the working people at this time of great economic difficulties. Quality and secure jobs remain the clamor of the trade unions amid the increasing contractualization and casualization of labor in the country.

More than 4,000 workers of the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL), Caucus of Independent Unions in the Public Sector (CIU), and LEARN trade union affiliates from various industries marched from the streets of Manila to Malacanang. Despite the heat from the noon day sun, the workers aimed to reach the gates of the presidential palace to voice their opposition against the current government.
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LEF Education Director in Pakistan detained for two days
Bro. Khalid Mahmood, the education director of LEF, was arrested together with around 100 activists and opposition leaders in Pakistan during a meeting to oppose the government\\\'s emergency rule.
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Cambodian Workers Celebrate International Labor Day
Cambodian workers on Labor Day
The day began on May 1st where most people reading the newspapers saw an ad calling for justice to end violence against union leaders signed by 10 union federations, 74 Cambodian civil society organizations, from human rights groups, Buddhist, women, students and youths, to 158 international organizations from labor, church, and human rights. If one listens to the radio, they were hearing union and human right activists calling for the end of violence and for an immediate investigation and disclosure on the murder of Hy Vuthy, union president at Bright Sky Factory who was killed last February 24, 2007.
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Decent Work, Decent Life Campaign Launched in the 2007 WSF Nairobi
Solidar and Global Network forum on Decent Work, 21 Jan. 2007, WSF
The 2007 World Social Forum was held in Nairobi, Kenya from January 20-25, 2007. A historic event indeed as it was held in Africa for the first time. The venue for this year’s WSF significantly embodies and expressed the struggles of global activists and social movements in the WSF. The World Social Forum emphasized this year the building of a world of peace, justice and respect for diversity; a world free from the domination of financial and multinational capital; and fighting for a world that ensures the political, economic, human, social and cultural rights for all.
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