Organizers of workers' groups were detained by police today (February 5) in Caloocan. This seems brazen, and deserves careful study -- are we entering a new period of anti-worker repression?
Some of the organizers are young, one of them a graduate student of the Ateneo. Based on the groups' statements, it appears that the PNP has no legal basis to arrest the organizers along with workers who have been on strike for a month over reported long-standing unfair labor practices at Cosmic Enterprises, a little-known paper company.
If left unchallenged, this act will embolden authorities to further intensify repression against workers and their support groups.
A brief background of the Cosmic strike is here
