Kilusang Mayo Uno

Kilusang Mayo Uno (English: May First Movement), also known by its initials KMU is an independent labor center in the Philippines.

[8] Although the KMU is structured hierarchically, decisions are as decentralized as possible and decision-making ability is delegated to the lowest possible level of the organization.

They have also an ongoing campaign to boycott Nestlé, whom they accuse of labor rights violations in the company's facilities in Laguna Province.

In 2020, the movement provided calls for improving Filipino workers' welfare to the government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

[10] The movement also calls for the proper funding of basic social services that would ease the pains of a common labourer and the Filipinos in general.

Aside from fighting for the rights of workers, KMU has also been an active critic of the palace, citing the Aquino government as a puppet of American imperialism.

They have referred to the government's economic policies rather than Typhoon Yolanda as the source of the Philippines' high unemployment rate.