Veteran workers’ rights activist Jude Rimando dies in detention
Veteran workers’ rights activist Jude Rimando dies in detention
CEBU, Philippines – Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr., a political prisoner and veteran labor organizer, died from Stage 4 liver cancer inside the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on Tuesday morning, July 23, while still in detention.
He was 58.
Rimando was known for his efforts in documenting cases of labor rights violations and assisting labor unions and peasant communities when he started as a researcher and development worker of the Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo (AMA Sugbo) in Cebu in 2001.
When he was a student, he had been an activist at the Philippine Science High School and University of the Philippines in Diliman, where he took mechanical engineering. Rimando was also an organizer of the National Federation of Sugar Workers in Negros.
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