Piston today endorsed a strike by factory workers at Nexperia Philippines Inc., a multinational semiconductor manufacturer, over automation-related layoffs and union-busting. The strike action, led by the Nexperia Philippines Inc. Workers Union (NPIWU), began today in its processing plant in Cabuyao, Laguna. Nexperia, a major supplier of electric vehicle (EV) chips, has terminated approximately 600…
Transport workers have never opposed development or modernization per se. However, what we vehemently oppose, especially small operators, is this contrived “modernization” that displaces the livelihoods of thousands of small operators and drivers by dismantling single-unit franchises and imposing overpriced imported vehicles. In fact, most operators who joined the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program…
Piston raises concern about the Philippine government’s latest appointment of former Duterte aide Vince Dizon as Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) under the Marcos Jr. administration. Dizon, a key architect of the Duterte regime’s Build Build Build program and former CEO of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), carries a notorious record…
Piston continues to condemn the Oil Deregulation Law (Republic Act 8479), blaming it for continuously crippling the income and livelihoods of drivers and consumers. The law, enacted 27 years ago on Feb. 10, 1998 to liberalize the oil industry, has left drivers and consumers at the mercy of volatile global oil markets and unchecked corporate…
The Philippines’ cost-of-living crisis has worsened, with jeepney drivers and operators enduring crippling fuel costs while oil corporations post staggering profits. Transport group Piston is sounding the alarm on systemic inequities, government negligence, and policies that prioritize corporate greed over public welfare. Jeepney sector crushed by fuel prices, neglect Jeepney drivers and operators, who serve…