On Labor Day

Filipino workers, headed by Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas (UODF), first orchestrated a massive mobilization from Tondo, Manila to Malacañang Palace on May 1, 1903. More than a hundred thousand people responded in the collective call to protect workers' rights and to end American imperialism in the Philippines. To honor the fervor of the working masses, the Philippine Assembly signed the commemoration of Labor Day into law as a national holiday in 1908.

A century and 2 decades later, the proletariat sector's struggle still remains on the streets to demand for better working conditions, minimum wage increase, amelioration and livelihood programs, safer work policies, and to end contractualization. Unionists continue to amplify these socio-economic issues both in local and national spheres.

source: https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/04/29/2010439/significance-labor-day?fbclid=IwAR2lNKv8tSWgihk8BqGueHQH425LyBVJ4KJaigik_b-u7EekMIO6JtFh4UQ