Strike Defies Assumption of Jurisdiction Order in RP’s Largest Palm Oil Company

Strike Defies Assumption of Jurisdiction Order in RP’s Largest Palm Oil Company

By MARYA SALAMAT
Workers in Filipinas Palm Oil Industries launched a strike after months of negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement hit a deadlock, despite an assumption of jurisdiction (AJ) order from the labor department. A first strike in defiance of AJ under the Aquino administration.