That was the time before Twitter became X, and Cantor's tweet argued for a redefinition of the Labor Day celebration, which traditionally falls on May 1 in the Philippines, the US and other countries. The tweet said, 'Today we celebrate those who worked hard and built a business.'Celebrate business people instead of the working man. Celebrate so-called builders and entrepreneurs instead of the proletariat.
The brutal combination of official policies that favor capital over labor and the overall environment that is hostile to the working man has weakened organized labor, reducing it to one of the most powerless institutions in Philippine society. Gone were the days when total union membership was more than 12 percent of paid workers. Gone were the days when Philippine presidents would announce new and critical policies before an assembly of labor leaders.