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  AUSTRALIAN UNIONS IN SOLIDARITY - PHILIPPINES UPDATE

  Elmer has recently been identified and "red tagged" a process of victimisation and targeting by the PNP and military.

  On Wednesday 6th October the Australian Unions hosted by UnionsWA International Committee/SIGTUR held an open meeting inviting supporters to attend via Zoom to hear a report on the repression of unions in the Philippines. Elmer Labog, Chairperson of KMU, a Philippines union federation of over 115,000 members spoke and responded to questions.  

   

  Elmer talked about the Duterte Government's use of unlawful violence and killings in its war on drugs that has also targeted unionists and other civil society leaders as a way of silencing dissent. Elmer has recently been identified and "red

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  STOP Red-tagging, Harassment, and Intimidation Of Workers and Unionists

  Two unions based in Laguna reported repeated threats, harassment, and intimidation from NTF-ELCAC agents frequenting unionists’ homes.

  This being the sixth month of the Bloody Sunday massacre in Southern Tagalog on 2021 September 7,  Kilusang Mayo Uno filed a complaint before the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding the trade union and human rights violations of the Duterte regime, particularly the killing of workers. 

   

  The complaint detailed the various cases of attacks on workers since Duterte came to power. To this day, 56 workers had been killed and hundreds had been arrested on

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