Simultaneous Peoples’ Movement on Labor Day

Anak Mindanao Party List group along with the various leading members coming from the different grassroots sectoral representations will be conducting a simultaneous mobilization in commemoration of the 127^th International Labor Day. 

AMIN has been consistent in putting the agenda of the peoples’ first. Having discussed and duly resolved during the different community consultations, chapter meetings and National Council meeting, the general call to upbeat the different campaigns and call for the peoples’ platform had been initiated in the different areas of Anak Mindanao.

The different build up activities started from engaging various community discussions pertaining relevant issues that affects the tri-people in general. AMIN who members various grassroots sectors discussed issues such as land rights, food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, Overseas Filipino Workers welfare, human rights and labor rights. Further, the members of Anak Mindanao has been consistent on its fight against Mining, thus called for the scrapping of the Mining Act of 1995, Privatization of leading industries that puts the welfare of Filipino workers in peril.

On the day of the Labor Day commemoration, Anak Mindanao members will again take the lead and hold the banner and platforms of the people in the street bringing the demands of the marginalized sectors in the open. This will be simultaneously conducted by more or less two thousand members of Anak Mindanao in the different areas of Mindanao.

The Labor Day commemoration will serve as venue to reflect on the previous administration’s policies as well as to demand change that should be anchored on the true and genuine peoples’ agenda. May 1 should be the projections of the peoples’ agenda not for personal and dynastical political agenda.