Neoliberalism
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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 supports the general strike in Argentina
PISTON sends its solidarity to the millions of Argentine workers going on a general strike on May 9, 2024 against the extreme anti-worker economic policies of the Javier Milei government. The general strike calls for an urgent wage increase, free trade unions, and opposition to the privatization of state enterprises. Since the Milei government assumed…
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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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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…