Organizers of workers' groups were detained by police today (February 5) in Caloocan. This seems brazen, and deserves careful study -- are we entering a new period of anti-worker repression?
Some of the organizers are young, one of them a graduate student of the Ateneo. Based on the groups' statements, it appears that the PNP has no legal basis to arrest the organizers along with workers who have been on strike for a month over reported long-standing unfair labor practices at Cosmic Enterprises, a little-known paper company.
If left unchallenged, this act will embolden authorities to further intensify repression against workers and their support groups.
A brief background of the Cosmic strike is here
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Showing posts with label strike. Show all posts
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Workers of high-end BGC condo on hunger strike
Workers of a high-end BGC condo at the BGC are on hunger strike. Worker grievances include unfair labor practices and contractualization. Pacific Plaza Towers was developed by Metro Pacific Investments, which owns companies like Meralco (15%) and Makati Medical Center in Ayala. Metro Pacific is headed by Manny Pangilinan. However, there is limited information on the condo's current owners.
Pacific Plaza units have been owned by people like former Comelec chairman Andres Bautista and alleged PDAF scam operator Janet Napoles.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
REPOST: Meralco meter readers to hold protest as notice of strike matures
WHAT: Protest by a hundred Meralco meter readers to coincide with mediation meeting called by DOLE
WHEN: Tomorrow, August 2, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: NCMB Imus @ MYP GBY Building, Bayan Luma 7, Aguinaldo Highway
DETAILS: Meralco meter readers employed by its subcontractor Calapar Services Inc. are gearing up for a strike by holding a protest action tomorrow. The rally coincides with a mediation meeting called by the DOLE between the management and union. Some one hundred Calapar employees and their supporters are expected to participate in the protest.
The collective bargaining negotiations at Calapar is presently deadlocked over the issue of wage increases and the notice of strike filed by the union expired yesterday. The last remaining requirement for the holding of a work stoppage is a strike vote by union members.
Calapar services Meralco customers in the whole province of Cavite and the cities of Las Pinas and Paranaque. Meter reading was formerly done by Meralco employees but were outsourced to contractors like Calapar in the mid-1990's.
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