Category: Statement

Centre for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation “Oplan Sagip Bayan (Oplan People’s Rescue)”

thru the National Secretariat: Center for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation, (CONCERN) Inc. NCR Center Address: 22 Libertad St. Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City, Philippines Central Luzon: Lot 12, Blk.3, Rd. 3, Phase 1 St Jude Village, San Agustin, City of San Fernando, Pampanga tele/fax # (045) 9611721 e-mail: concern.inc@gmail.com November 8, 2013 ———————————————————————   Dear… Read More Centre for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation “Oplan Sagip Bayan (Oplan People’s Rescue)”

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

All unite, women take back the night!

Take Back the Night, a set on Flickr. PWC-ON statement October 10, 2013 Toronto, ON—Alongside the progressive women and organizations that are here today, we at the Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) are adamantly calling to end violence against women and to dismantle the system of patriarchy that attempts to routinely violate women’s bodies… Read More All unite, women take back the night!

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

National childcare for all now!

National statement October 9, 2013 Toronto, ON—With the issue of childcare having long reached a critical point, the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) urgently reiterates their call for a national childcare program that will genuinely meets the needs of working-class women and their families and the scrapping of the racist and anti-woman… Read More National childcare for all now!

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Fight contractualization! Advance workers’ struggles for secure and sustainable livelihoods!

Solidarity statement for DIGITEL Employees Union July 26, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) extends its solidarity to the membership and allies of the DIGITEL Employees Union (DEU) in their continuing struggle against the neoliberal ploys of the DIGITEL-Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) merged management for illegally terminating DIGITEL employees in… Read More Fight contractualization! Advance workers’ struggles for secure and sustainable livelihoods!

SIKLAB Ontario

Honouring the legacy of the late Dr. Henry Morgentaler

June 17, 2013 National Statement  Toronto, ON–We, at the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC), celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Henry Morgantaler, whose dedication and commitment in fighting for abortion rights have been a fundamental contribution in women’s historical struggle for basic rights and entitlements  here in Canada and throughout the… Read More Honouring the legacy of the late Dr. Henry Morgentaler

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Cosmetic reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program a disservice to all workers in Canada

National statement For immediate release May 13, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) stands firm against the Conservative government’s hypocrisy in masquerading concern for the job security of all workers in Canada through their recent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), despite hitting workers with their prevailing agenda to continue… Read More Cosmetic reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program a disservice to all workers in Canada

SIKLAB Ontario

Wage the working class struggle: Onwards with the fight against neoliberalism

International Workers’ Day National Statement Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians May 3, 2013 The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) commemorates International Workers’ Day with renewed vigor and militancy as this past May 1st signified both the historic and deepening need to uphold and advance the struggles of the working class all over the globe.… Read More Wage the working class struggle: Onwards with the fight against neoliberalism

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Filipino janitorial and maintenance workers triumph over deportation threat in Halifax

For immediate release May 2, 2013 Toronto, ON—SIKLAB Ontario (Advance and Uphold the Struggles of Filipino Canadian Workers) and the member organizations of the Magkaisa Centre commend the strength and courage of the janitorial and maintenance workers in Halifax, Nova Scotia in speaking out and standing up against the unscrupulous practices held by their employer,… Read More Filipino janitorial and maintenance workers triumph over deportation threat in Halifax

SIKLAB Ontario

Harper government’s scapegoating of RBC: a futile attempt at washing their hands clean of anti-worker agenda

For immediate release April 18, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) admonish the Conservative government’s hypocrisy in putting on a façade of righteousness amidst the controversial lay-offs by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) of citizen workers and their subsequent replacement by temporary foreign workers. As the leading brokers and agents who… Read More Harper government’s scapegoating of RBC: a futile attempt at washing their hands clean of anti-worker agenda

SIKLAB Ontario