Following their expression of
full support for the candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo, the Alliance of
Labor Leaders for Leni (ALL4Leni) called on their members and workers all over
the country to join the “Unang Arangkada ng TROPA” this Saturday, October 23, a
nationally coordinated action calling for all sectors of society to unite and
support the Team Robredo-Pangilinan (TROPA) in the May 2022 elections.
The ALL4Leni contingent will
assemble by 8:00 am in the vicinity of the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City. The
motorcade will start by 9:00 am and wind its way around Quezon City before
turning to EDSA and converge with other groups at the People Power Monument by
11:00 am.
Partido Manggagawa chair Rene
Magtubo stressed during the ALL4Leni press conference during their launch last
Monday that unity is important given the urgency of addressing the economic
hardships and social impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic workers and other basic
sectors are facing.
“TROPA will end the regime of
killings and repression, and provide space for the labor movement to campaign for
workers demands. That space is key since it is the movement that will win
change,” Magtubo insisted.
Atty. Sonny Matula, another
labor leader and convenor of ALL4Leni, is running for senator and hoping to be
included in the TROPA senatorial slate, along with Senators de Lima,
Hontiveros, and Trillanes, as well as Atty. Chel Diokno of KANP, and Rep. Teddy
Baguilat of LP.
ALL4Leni unveiled Monday
their billboard located near the Bicutan interchange of the South Luzon
Expressway. The billboard showed its support for the slate of Robredo and
Pangilinan, and the six senatorial candidates. Also included in the billboard
was ALL4Leni’s call for “ayudang sapat at balik trabahong ligtas.”
Other legs of the Arangkada
ng mga TROPA will come from the northern, southern, western and eastern part of
Metro Manila. Similar motorcades are being planned by volunteer organizations
all over the country.
ALL4Leni believes that ending
illegal contractualization or endo and providing P10,000 monthly assistance for
workers and their families affected by the pandemic should be priority election
issues. Vice President Robredo has earlier called for an end to illegal
contractualization and for assistance to workers in the form of safe, reliable
transport and creation of safe employment, as well as ensuring safety in the
workplace.
October 21, 2021
ALL4Leni
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