The union has described the lay-offs as a “gross violation” of their Collective Bargaining Agreement, and “a clear-cut case of union busting.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The media blitz being done by Nestlé could no more hide its continued violation of the Supreme Court decisions and other laws in the Philippines so it could continue to deny justice to its workers who are now into their ninth year of strike.” – KMU
By MARYA SALAMAT
Judging from the first six months in office of the Aquino government, there seems to be no relief in sight for workers who have been suffering from record joblessness, runaway prices of basic goods and services, and violent attacks on their democratic rights.
Para Kanino Ka Bumabangon? ni Mark Angeles I Para kanino ka bumabangon? Para sa anak? Para sa kaibigan? O sa hindi mo kakilala? Para sa bata? Sa isip-bata? Para sa marami? Para sa sarili? II Nang hapong iyon, sinundan ko ang nakagawian kong daanan pauwi. Sinalubong...
By MARYA SALAMAT
The striking Nestlé workers had asked the new president as soon as he was inaugurated to help resolve the issues that had brought them to their nearly nine-year strike.
By SARAH NEWMAN Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The production of palm oil, the common ingredient in an astounding number of products, is causing deforestation, global warming emissions and a loss of biodiversity. The aisles of any American grocery...
By Trina Melissa Federis Bulatlat.com Summer is a time for ice cream, as the hot weather tends to increase demand for this already popular dessert. At this time, Philippine-owned enterprises compete with their foreign counterparts by lowering their prices, the same...
By MARYA SALAMAT
There is blood in your coffee - This aptly describes Nescafe and other Nestle products after the series of violent attacks on the Nestle workers' picket line, the death of 10 striking workers due to poverty and illnesses, and the political killing of Diosdado Fortuna, union president. And yet, eight years later, the management still refuses to budge, despite a Supreme Court ruling favoring the workers.
It was around 8 p.m. when we reached Manila and was shocked to receive a text message informing us that Ka Fort, union president of Nestle Philippines, was killed. Just hours earlier, we had lunch with Ka Fort when we visited the picket line of Nestle workers. That...
Carrying the pictures of their loved ones, relatives of slain and arrested union leaders and unionists demanded justice for workers who suffered “state-sponsored” repression under the Arroyo regime during a protest march to Mendiola last Sept. 18. The said protest,...
Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
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