Marcos Jr Administration
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PISTON gears up for franchise consolidation deadline, Labor Day with another strike
Progressive transport group PISTON has announced plans to push back against the end-of-month franchise consolidation deadline with another transport strike scheduled to begin on April 29 and will lead up to Labor Day on May 1. “The Marcos regime’s disregard for the long-standing plea of drivers and operators to scrap forced franchise consolidation blatantly jeopardizes…
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PISTON leads another nationwide strike
On April 15, jeepney drivers, operators, and commuters led by PISTON launched another nationwide transport strike, 15 days before the end-of-month deadline for franchise consolidation. Mass mobilizations and protests were held in different parts of the country including Metro Manila, Baguio, Southern Tagalog, Western Visayas, and Davao. Metro Manila Baguio City Southern Tagalog Western Visayas…
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PISTON announces another strike
Transport group PISTON, together with Manibela, has declared a new transport strike set to begin on Monday, April 15. This decision comes in response to Marcos Jr’s recent pronouncement that there will be no further extension of the franchise consolidation deadline after April 30. “This is an oppressive move by the Marcos Jr. government,” asserted…
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PISTON demands full withdrawal of individual franchises for disgruntled consolidated PUV operators
PISTON demands the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to allow the full withdrawal of individual franchises for aggrieved PUV operators who have complied with the mandatory franchise consolidation component of the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP). Under the LTFRB Memorandum Circular (MC) 2024-001, operators who have only applied for franchise consolidation but have not…
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PUVMP, cha-cha threaten to erode the gains of EDSA 1 — PISTON
By staunchly pushing for the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) and pursuing economic charter change (cha-cha), the Marcos Jr. administration flagrantly undermines the nationalist and democratic gains achieved by the people during the historic first EDSA People Power uprising 38 years ago which also toppled his father’s two-decade-long authoritarian regime. Marcos Jr’s economic cha-cha…