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The ABS-CBN IJM Workers Union and other dismissed workers held a silent protest in front of the network compound on Friday to denounce the illegal dismissals, contractualization and union-busting at ABS-CBN.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The ABS-CBN IJM Workers Union asks President Aquino to stop the illegal dismissals, contractualization and union-busting at his “favorite” media network.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The network said it is “not dismissing or retrenching employees.” Instead, it describes the dismissals as an “ongoing process.”
Broadcasting giant ABS-CBN has fired more workers from its so-called "Internal Job Market," leaders of the workers' union said Thursday. The number of dismissed workers of ABS-CBN IJM now total 32, up from the 25 since the last firing.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Same old names, same old problems dominated the May 2010 elections, but there is reason to hope in the determination voters and teachers showed to make it work.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
For fighting for their basic rights to security of tenure and to form a union, 25 ABS CBN workers were dismissed by the Lopez management. Ironically, the Kapamilya network, which boasts about its public service orientation, showed no regard for the rights and welfare of its own workers.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The business of ensuring justice for all victims weighs just as heavy on Aquino as head of state as it should on all those whose sworn duty it is to protect and ensure the life and welfare of all citizens but which, sadly, they still have to do so,” the NUJP said.
By MARYA SALAMAT
After more than a year of fighting for the recognition of their union and for their regularization, ABS CBN workers are now being offered regular status. But it comes with a price, which includes turning their back on their union.
Rather than be cowed, a journalist prefers to be armed for protection, at the heels of another media killing, the second this week.
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