Save the Media Worker

SAVE THE MEDIA WORKER (1989)

1) Work for the media worker’s job security; secure and assert reasonable agreements with media owners on criteria and due process concerning separations;

2) Assert the media worker’s right to self-organization, specifically to form their own strong unions and associations;

3) Stop the killing of journalists and extend assistance to the respective families of our fallen colleagues; and

4) Put an end to the unreasonable press restrictions and stop the harassment of mediapersons.

These four calls / demands were issued by the five-organization Task Force to Save the Media Worker which was formed in March 1989. The campaign for these culminated in a Symposium on Media Workers Conditions on Labor Day, May 1, 1989. Signatories: Ricardo C. Valmonte, President of the Philippine Movement for Press Freedom (PMPF); Antonio Ma. Nieva, Chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP); Marcelo S. Lagmay, president of the National Press Club (NPC); Joel Paredes, chairman of the Kapisanan ng mga Manggagawa sa Media ng Pilipinas (KAMMPI) and Arturo Subido, president of the Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP). The campaign was precipitated by mass layoffs from two newspapers.

Source: The book “Press Freedom: The People’s Right” by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes, pp. 174.

Retyped for information campaign by: Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.