Senatorial candidate, Atty. Luke Espiritu speaks to the press after filing a petition at the Department of Energy in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Taguig on April 27, 2022. Consumer rights group Power for People Coalition (P4P) led by Ka Leody Deguzman and senatorial aspirant Atty. Luke Espiritu slammed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Energy (DOE) for allegedly allowing questionable power supply agreements by electric cooperatives and distribution utilities in Mindanao, despite not having gone through the proper selection process. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Labor leaders Leody de Guzman and Luke Espiritu have announced their intent to run for Senate seats in the 2025 elections.

De Guzman and Espiritu revealed the news during the 31st anniversary of the labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino.

Video courtesy of Leody de Guzman's team.

This is both their second attempt for a seat in the Senate after losing in 2019 and 2022, respectively.

De Guzman ran for president in the 2022 elections with Espiritu as one of his senatorial bets. 

In the 2019 midterm senatorial elections, De Guzman lost in the senatorial race with 888,458 votes. He promised then to end job contractualization, among others.

De Guzman was the chairperson of labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino and founding member of party-list Partido Manggagawa. 

A longtime labor rights activist, he served the country representative to the International Council of the International Center for Labor Solidarity.

He is currently the president of Partido Lakas ng Masa.

Meanwhile, Espiritu is currently the president of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino and also serves as legal counsel for Teachers Dignity Coalition, Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, and Power for People Coalition, focused on education, environmental, and energy issues in the country.