CPP/NDF: NDFP-NCMR unites with the struggle of the workers in PACCO in Tagoloan, Mis. Or.

Posted to the Philippine Revolutionary Web Central (PRWC) Blog (Nov 29): NDFP-NCMR unites with the struggle of the workers in PACCO in Tagoloan, Mis. Or.

Cesar Renerio
NDFP-North Central Mindanao Region

The National Democratic Front – North Central Mindanao Region resolutely unites with the struggle of the workers of Pacific Activated Carbon Co. Inc. (PACCO) in Gracia, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Amidst the severe exploitation and oppression of the company against the workers, the latter have resorted to their last legal means—the strike.

For a long time, the workers have suffered from low wages and the denial of benefits and the right to organization. Their agony has been aggravated since March 2011. With the bankruptcy of the other companies owned by Herman Montenegro, the fruits of the labor of the poor workers of PACCO were used to pay for his countless financial liabilities. They were forced to continue working without a definite wage. These last 17 months or so, the PACCO worker only receives a measly P100 to P500 a week, and is given a transportation allowance so that he may not fail to report to work every day. This wage is far from enough to cover even the daily food expenses of the average worker's family. Some of them were already driven to seek other jobs....

Only through strong organization and determined struggle can the PACCO workers attain further strength to continue demanding for their rights. They should unite with the other democratic classes and sectors who are engaged in struggle like them. They must understand that the solution to their problem regarding the exploitation and oppression of PACCO can only be fully achieved with the fulfillment of genuine agrarian reform and national industrialization in the context of the national-democratic revolution now being launched in the countryside and the following socialist revolution and construction. If the legal struggle proves futile for them, the guerilla zones are always open to those who are ready to embrace armed struggle and join the New People's Army.

We challenge the local government officials of Tagoloan and the province of Misamis Oriental to show their service to the people by defending their oppressed constituents. We also encourage the military and the police, who receive their salaries from the people's taxes, to take sides with the poor who pay for their salaries and not with the greedy capitalists.

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