By MARYA SALAMAT
The military’s star witness finally appeared in court only to say that he does not even know Vincent Borja.
Labor Leader Found Innocent, Freed After 3 Years in Prison
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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.
Workers in Biggest Pineapple Plantation Kick-off Protests vs. Continued Union-Busting, Harassment
President Aquino urged to show teeth in enforcing rulings that hurt big firms Filipino workers from the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer launched today a series of protests to pressure the company to abide by a Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) directive to recognize the legitimacy of the workers’ union officials and stop measures…
Workers Slam Dole, the Fruit Company, for Anti-Union Moves
By MARYA SALAMAT
Workers from Dole Philippines’s union have been staging weekly protests to demand that the company “stop interfering in union matters and to stop violating its collective bargaining agreement with its workers.”