Antonio "Dodong" Petalcorin, the leader of a transport workers union in the Philippines, was shot dead on 2 July 2013 right in front of his home. The gunman was caught on a CCTV camera calmly escaping on a motorcycle. The Philippines is a dangerous place to organize for trade unionists with a number of union leaders having been extra judicially killed in the past – see
here,
here,
here and
here. Dodong is the fifth transport workers union leader that has been killed during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. There is an
international campaign calling on the Philippines government to bring the murderers to justice. However, the best fighting strategy is
Antonio "Dodong" Petalcorin, the leader of a transport workers union in the Philippines, was shot dead on 2 July 2013 right in front of his home. The gunman was caught on a CCTV camera calmly escaping on a motorcycle. The Philippines is a dangerous place to organize for trade unionists with a number of union leaders having been extra judicially killed in the past – see
here,
here,
here and
here. Dodong is the fifth transport workers union leader that has been killed during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. There is an
international campaign calling on the Philippines government to bring the murderers to justice. However, the best fighting strategy is
