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Jerome Adonis
Ronald Mangampo "Jerome" Adonis (born February 27, 1972) is a trade union and labor activist from the Philippines who is the general secretary of the militant group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), the largest trade union in the country. In the 2025 Philippine Senate election, he is running under Makabayan. Early lifeEldest of five siblings, Adonis was born in 1972 in Ligao, Albay. His family left Bicol because of the militarization under the Marcos dictatorship.[1] He left high school and worked at age 16 at a carton factory.[1] In 1992, he worked as a bus conductor for Pasvil-Pascual Liner Incorporated. This is where he joined the workers union PASVIL/Pascual Liner Inc. Workers Union – NAFLU – KMU. ActivismAs member of the PASVIL/Pascual Liner Inc. Workers Union – NAFLU – KMU, Adonis joined the labor strike in 1995 to demand better working conditions from the management.[1] They were protesting against the exploitation and exhaustion of workers, with co-workers felling ill and dying.[2] Adonis became a full-time labor organizer of KMU in 2002 and has been elected as its general-secretary since 2015 in its 11th Congress and reelected in 2018 in its 12th Congress.[2] He was also elected as second deputy secretary of the International League of Peoples' Struggle in early 2024.[1] He also represented the Philippines during the International Trade Union Confederation World Congresses in 2018 and 2022.[2] As a labor organizer, he has continuously pushed for livable wages, advocating for 1,200 National Minimum Wage as of 2024.[3] 2025 Senate BidHe was announced as Makabayan Coalition's third senatorial bet on August 2, 2024, during a meeting of a labor union in Cabuyao, Laguna.[1] See alsoReferences
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