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04-26-2010 Protesta laban sa tanggalan sumisiklab |
Press Release
April 26, 2010 Ilang araw bago ang Mayo Uno:
Protesta laban sa tanggalan sumisiklab Ilang araw bago ang Araw ng Manggagawa sa Sabado ay sumisiklab ang mga protesta laban sa malawakang tanggalan at kontraktwalisasyon ng paggawa. Kaninang hapon ay nag-walkout ang mga manggagawa sa isang pabrika sa Cavite export zone bilang protesta sa pagtatanggal ng 450 empleyado, halos kalahati ng workforce. Nagmartsa ang mga manggagawa ng Dyna Image Corp. Phils., isang electronics firm na pag-aari ng mga dayuhang Intsik, mula sa kanilang pabrika at nagprograma sa gate ng Cavite Economic Zone sa bayan ng Rosario, Cavite. Bukas ay magpoprotesta uli sila bukas kasabay ng hearing sa reklamong iligal na tanggalan at harrasment. Lagpas 200 miyembro ng Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Dyna Image Corp. Phils. at ng party-list na Partido ng Manggagawa ang magtitipon bukas ng alas dos ng hapon sa opisina ng National Conciliation and Mediation Board sa Imus, Cavite. Bukod sa protesta sa Dyna Image ay dalawang beses nang naglunsad ng motorcade nitong nakaraang linggo ang mga empleyado ng Philippine Airlines. Sa katapusan ng Mayo naman tatanggalin ang 3,000 empleyado ng PAL, halos kalahati din ng workforce. |
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04-26-2010 Cavite export zone workers walkout of factory in protest at layoffs |
Press Release
April 26, 2010 Cavite export zone workers walkout of factory in protest at layoffs More than a hundred workers of an electronics firm walked out of their factory before noon today and marched to gates of the Cavite Economic Zone in Rosario, Cavite in protest at mass layoffs. Workers for the morning shift of the Dyna Image Corp. Phils., an export firm owned by Chinese foreigners, who were supposed to be retrenched on May 10, were suddenly called management to a meeting around 10:00 am. Their cellphones were confiscated, then asked to sign quit claim forms and receive separation pay on the spot. “This was a desperate move by management to avert their responsibilities for the illegal retrenchment and harassment of workers. Management is supposed to attend the preventive mediation hearing set for tomorrow. Instead they told the workers that the hearing tomorrow is cancelled in order to entice workers to accept the severance pay,” explained Virgielita Morite, president of the newly formed Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Dyna Image Corp. Phils. Morite led workers who did not accept the separation pay in marching from the factory and they held a program at the gates of the export zone. Workers from the afternoon shift joined the protest at the export zone gates instead of reporting for work. Morite announced that hundreds of union members will accompany them in the 2:00 pm hearing tomorrow at National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)-Regional Adjudication Board IV in Imus, Cavite. |
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04-23-2010 PAL union holds new protest vs. mass layoff of 3,000 workers |
Press Release
April 23, 2010 PAL union holds new protest vs. mass layoff of 3,000 workers Philippine Airlines employees will hold a new motorcade today against the planned layoff of an estimated 3,000 employees by May 31. The motorcade will start at 10:30 a.m. at the Department of Labor and Employment office in Intramuros then proceed to the PAL Center at the PNB Compound along Diosdado Macapagal Ave., then move on to the PAL In Flight Center along Airport Road and then end at the Nichols terminal. “The fight against mass layoffs in PAL continues,” declared Gerry Rivera, president of the PAL Employees Association (PALEA) and vice-chairperson of Partido ng Manggagawa (PM). The protests started last Monday with more than 200 employees participating in a motorcade of 100 motorcycles and cars. “PAL is propagating the myth that the jobs to be spun off are non-core units. But how can passenger airlines function without ground crew that handles ticketing reservations, cargo handling and in flight catering? These are jobs that are essential to PAL’s smooth and safe operation, or in the language of the labor code, work that is necessary and desirable to the principal business of the company,” Rivera insisted. |
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04-22-2010 Workers slam midnight appointment of GMA manicurist to Pag-IBIG board |
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April 22, 2010 Workers slam midnight appointment of GMA manicurist to Pag-IBIG board The labor party-list Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) slammed President Gloria Arroyo’s appointment of her personal manicurist, a certain Anita Carpon, as government employees’ representative to the Board of Trustees of the Pag-IBIG Fund. “This is another controversial midnight appointment and an example of GMA planting loyal people to key positions in government as she vacates Malacañang,” declared Renato Magtubo, PM chairperson. Magtubo explained that “We do not criticize Carpon’s appointment because she is a lowly manicurist. Even an ordinary worker deserves to sit in important posts in government such as administering the state housing fund. But we doubt Carpon will represent the interests of public sector workers because she owes a debt of gratitude to GMA and because of their personal relation.” Magtubo was a congressman for 12 years while remaining a factory worker in the Fortune Tobacco plant in Marikina. PM called on public sector labor groups to name government workers who they believe deserve to be state employees’ representative in the Pag-IBIG board. “Is there no one among a million government employees who can represent their interests in Pag-IBIG but does have a personal relation with GMA? It is not difficult to believe that Carpon will just be used by GMA so she can dip her hand in the P200 billion fund of workers in the private and public sector,” Magtubo asked. |
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04-21-2010 Mass layoff sparks labor unrest in Cavite export zone |
Press Release
April 21, 2010 Mass layoff sparks labor unrest in Cavite export zone A planned mass layoff of 450 workers, about half of the total workforce of a factory in the Cavite Economic Zone, has pushed its employees to form a union and file a case with the Labor Department. Workers of Dyna Image Corp. Phils., an electronics export firm owned by Chinese foreigners, trooped yesterday afternoon to the National Conciliation and Mediation Board-RAB IV in Imus, Cavite to file for preventive mediation of cases of illegal retrenchment and harassment. Dyna Image will layoff the workers by May 10 and is offering them 13 days per year of service in separation pay. The company declared that the dismissal is to prevent losses due to the financial crisis. “But if the company is suffering difficulties, why is production in full blast and workers required to do overtime work,” questioned Virgielita Morite, president of the newly certified Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Dyna Image Corp. Phils. Out of 933 total workers, 229 are already members of the union and more are signing up according to Morite. She alleges that management forced workers to sign papers giving consent to the termination. Morite added that “But the fact that workers organized a union show that they do not agree to the layoff and we suspect that they will just replace regular workers with contractual agency workers.” |
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04-19-2010 PAL union hold motorcade vs. planned layoff of 3,000 employees |
Press Release
April 19, 2010 PAL union hold motorcade vs. planned layoff of 3,000 employees Philippine Airlines (PAL) employees held a motorcade today in protest at a massive retrenchment to be implemented on May 31. An estimated 3,000 employees, more than half of the total PAL workforce, will be laid off due to the closure of the in flight catering services, airport services (which includes ground, cargo and ramp handling) and call center reservations including all support units. The motorcade of some 40 cars and motorcycles started around 11:30 am at the PAL Center located at the PNB Compound along the Diosdado Macapagal Ave. in Pasay City. The motorcade moved on to Nichols airport terminal then onto the PAL In Flight Center (IFC) along Airport Road in Paranaque and finally ended at the Terminal 3 of the airport. Gerry Rivera, newly elected president of the PAL Employees Association (PALEA) and vice-chairperson of the party-list Partido ng Manggagawa (PM), said that “Spinoff aims to outsource work to companies also owned by Lucio Tan where workers will be non-union and thus receive cheaper wages, fewer benefits and have no security of tenure. Regular workers will be retired and then rehired as contractuals. This has happened before when work was spun off to Lufthansa Technik and Macro Asia, in which Lucio Tan both had major interests. Employees retrenched from PAL because of the spinoff were employed by Macro Asia and Lufthansa Technik on new contracts.” |
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