Transport Sector
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Marcos Jr’s second year marked by meager wage increase, relentless oil price hikes
Marcos Jr’s attempt to cover up his incompetence by implementing a measly P35 minimum wage hike in the NCR cannot overshadow the fact that his administration continues to blunder the country in grave economic crisis. This pitiful wage increase is announced as the prices of oil continues to rise in its third straight week. This
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Guadiz, Bautista, Marcos: Enemies of public transport
It is deeply concerning that LTFRB Chairperson Guadiz has openly stated their plans to specifically target PUV routes operated by PISTON members in their upcoming crackdown on unconsolidated jeepneys this week. This crackdown has been sanctioned by DOTr Secretary Bautista and Bongbong Marcos himself. It is chilling to hear Chairperson Guadiz discuss these plans with
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PISTON: 43 years of building genuine, militant, patriotic transport workers’ power
Today, PISTON marks its 43rd anniversary, reaffirming its commitment to the militant struggle for the rights and welfare of public transport workers and vowing to advance a progressive, people-centered, nationalized public transport system. Over the past four decades, PISTON has stood at the forefront of uniting informal public transport workers, primarily jeepney drivers and operators,
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PISTON: Crackdown on jeepneys is a crackdown on affordable, accessible public transport
PISTON denounces the government-imposed nationwide crackdown on unconsolidated jeepneys starting today, May 16, as a deliberate massacre of transport workers’ livelihoods and an attack on the people’s right to accessible and affordable public transport. Even two weeks after the April 30 deadline, the Marcos government has yet to lay out concrete plans for supporting and
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PISTON on Labor Day: Workers’ rights, not franchise consolidation, are what’s non-negotiable
It is especially daunting that on May 1, 2024, as the world commemorates the International Labor Day, jeepney drivers and operators who refuse to partake in the corporate-driven and foreign-oriented public transport modernization program of the Marcos regime and its franchise consolidation policy are designated as illegal, or colorum, by the very same government entrusted