caption country death_date death_place years_active birth_place religion other_names nationality party birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation organization
fernandez , ny , october 1978 at a labor strike in new york city philippines 09 june 1979 cebu city , cebu , philippines 1967-1979 sibonga , cebu roman catholic rudy fernandez filipino liberal party 26 july 1927 antonia -rrb- vivian alvar -lrb- 1968 -- 1979 -rrb- valenton militante -lrb- 1951 -- 1968 ; separated rudolfo a. fernandez , sr.jpg rudy fernandez -lrb- labor leader -rrb-
 '' ` rudolfo a. fernandez , sr. '' ' labor leader , trade unionist trade union congress of the philippines
rudy fernandez -lrb- labor leader -rrb-

rudolfo austria `` rudy '' fernandez , sr. -lrb- july 26 , 1927 -- june 9 , 1979 -rrb- was a prominent filipino labor leader , trade unionist and staunch opposer of the late president ferdinand marcos in davao city , philippines .
he was one of the original organizers of the trade union congress of the philippines -lrb- tucp/kmp -rrb- in 1975 and helped draft , develop , and establish its constitution and by-laws .
he first came into the philippine labor movement arena when he founded the davao port general & transport worker 's union -lrb- dpgtwu -rrb- , now the association of trade unions - tucp -lrb- atu-tucp -rrb- , in davao city .
dpgtwu was one of the most active labor organizations in davao city and its membership spread throughout mindanao in the southern philippines during the years between 1967-1979 .
he ran for the interim batasang pambansa -lrb- ibp -rrb- in the philippines in 1978 as an industrial labor sectoral representative for the mindanao region but ultimately lost against his closest rival , princess porti pacasum , daughter of one of the richest lanao muslim clans and owner of the biggest transport company in lanao , philippines .
