Campaigns
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One year of Marcos Jr: How are the drivers and small operators doing?
Has the country experienced any changes in the year since Marcos Jr took oath as the president? Have the lives of those in the transportation sector been impacted, or does the regime remain the same as Duterte’s—puppet, oppressive, and fascist? No action on high oil prices and deregulation During Marcos Jr’s tenure, the country has…
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Hands off jeepney drivers! Stop the intimidation and harassment by the police and NTF-ELCAC
PISTON has received reports that the PNP-QCPD is forcibly profiling some drivers and operators of the UP Transport Group (UPTG). On June 22, the QCPD Anonas Station 9 summoned several members of UPTG to Barangay UP Campus, promising to provide assistance. They were forcibly brought to the police station and were asked to provide a…
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Solidarity with Nestlé-Wyeth workers!
PISTON condemns the illegal termination of 140 Nestlé-Wyeth Philippines’ plant workers in Canlubang, Laguna yesterday. Among those unlawfully terminated are ten union officials. This is a clear attack by Nestlé-Wyeth Philippines on the livelihood of Filipino workers, who they exploit, especially during an ongoing economic crisis and widespread poverty affecting millions of Filipinos. Similar to…
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Justice for Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon! — PISTON
PISTON expresses its deepest condolences to the families and comrades of Benito Tiamzon, a member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace panel, and his wife, Wilma Austria Tiamzon, a peace consultant, who were tortured and brutally killed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines along with eight others in Samar province…
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PISTON supports the Gräfenhausen Strike!
PISTON extends its solidarity to over 50 non-unionised Uzbekistani and Georgian truck drivers working under service contracts with the Polish transport consortium Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia who have self-organized and engaged in a courageous strike for over two weeks at the Gräfenhausen rest area in Germany over unpaid wages and labor abuses. We join the…