Transport Sector
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Piston member arrested in Leyte on fabricated charges
PISTON strongly condemns the arrest and the filing of fabricated cases against our member Felixberto “Felix” Consad. He was arrested on August 14 at his home in Sogod, Southern Leyte while caring for his grandchild. Felix has been an active PISTON member since 2013 and was forced to relocate to Leyte in 2018 because of
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Punitive cameras, broken system: How NCAP fails working class drivers
The No-Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) was introduced with the aim of enhancing road safety and curbing corruption in traffic enforcement. However, in practice, it has primarily served as a punitive mechanism, imposing excessive fines that disproportionately affect informal worker Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers. These drivers, who typically earn Php300–Php500 per day, find themselves burdened
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Piston on DOTr’s mandatory drug testing for PUV drivers: Safe roads require stable jobs, living wages, and humane working hours for drivers
Piston strongly opposes the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) recent pronouncement mandating drug testing for all public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers. While ensuring road safety is crucial, this blanket policy is yet another punitive measure that unfairly targets drivers without addressing the real roots of transport problems. Mandatory drug testing, especially when implemented without proper safeguards
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Piston on new DOTr secretary Vince Dizon: Recycled Digong-era pro-corporate face
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
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PISTON-NCR successfully holds its 2024 Regional Assembly
PISTON members and affiliates from different cities in the National Capital Region gathered together to further strengthen PISTON’s genuine, militant, and anti-imperialist leadership of drivers and operators in the NCR region. The assembly discussed PISTON NCR’s past struggles and fights over the years, from the implementation of Duterte’s PUVMP, to the setbacks in our livelihood