Labor leader slams Marcos order: UPLIFT is just facelift for gov’t

2026-03-25 - 08:51

MANILA, Philippines — Labor leader Luke Espiritu criticized the UPLIFT (Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport) framework and committee addressing the Middle East conflict, calling it a mere “facelift” that fails to tackle the real problems of Filipinos. Espiritu made the remark a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order (EO)