Mga Sakdalista at Welgista

The earliest documented workers’ strike of magnitude, mainly by women, was held in 1934 by cigarreras from the tobacco industry in Manila. Around 11,500 workers participated in the strike, which stopped production across 29 tobacco factories within six weeks. The workers demanded fair wages to help feed their families. 

This was followed by the Sakdal movement, formed in 1935. This political movement demanded the fair distribution of land among farmers and the transfer of ownership from landlords. Farmers from Laguna, Rizal, Cavite, Tayabas (Quezon), Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija joined the uprising. 

Salud Algabre

Salud Algabre (1896 - 2 May 1979), also known as Henerala Salud, was a revolutionary who fought for the country's independence from American occupation and peasant rights, such as the equal distribution of land back to them. She was the only woman member of the Sakdal movement.

Salud Algabre (1896 – 2 May 1979) was a revolutionary during the Philippine-American War and one of the few documented women to take part in the Sakdal movement. She led the uprising of the Sakdal in Cabuyao, Laguna. 

References

• Wada, Motoe Terami- (2012) "The Sakdal Movement, 1930-34," Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints: Vol. 36: No. 2, Article 1. Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol36/iss2/1