While the Philippines is a country that is often talked about in terms of the damage that natural disasters cause to its infrastructure and population, it is also a country where the working class movement has a very proud and militant history.

 

Unfortunately, it has declined in strenght in the last years which has put Filipino workers in a much more vulnerable position.

We talk to Steph Rabusa, a member of Migrante Melbourne, about the state of the workers movement in the Philippines especially in light of the ever more repressive policies of President Duterte.

Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia