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07-02-2009 Export zone workers resume picket at MEPZ II gate |
Press Release
July 2, 2009 Export zone workers resume picket at MEPZ II gate Around 200 workers of Paul Yu, a Taiwanese-owned lamp shade factory, resumed their daily picket-protest outside the gates of the Mactan Export Processing Zone II in Lapu-Lapu City after more than a week of “fruitless negotiations” with management. “Tuloy ang laban! We are here to inform workers in the export zone that the fight continues. We are here to seek support from fellow Cebuanos,” stated Willy Dondoyano, head of the Paul Yu Workers Association (PYWA). The moving picket started yesterday then resumed today at around 8:30 a.m. and will continue till the afternoon. Yesterday security guards at the export zone tried to cajole the picketers to disperse but the workers stood their ground and no untoward incident transpired as the peaceful protest continued. Dondoyano explained that “In the face of management’s intransigence, we continue to demand that all workers be allowed to work without any retaliation from management. The suspension on the seven leaders and more than 300 workers must be lifted. We refuse management’s offer that we be retrenched and paid a separation rate of P3,000 per year of service. Such an offer is in fact below the criteria set by the Labor Code.” |
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06-29-2009 Cebu workers hold “Day of Solidarity” for Keppel and Paul Yu workers |
PM-Cebu
Press Release
June 29, 2009 Cebu workers hold “Day of Solidarity” for Keppel and Paul Yu workers Hundreds of workers from around a dozen unions and associations in Metro Cebu held a “Day of Solidarity” for the embattled workers of Keppel shipyard and Paul Yu, a lamp shade factory inside the Mactan Export Processing Zone. Some 300 workers trooped to the picketline of the striking Keppel union and held a program from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. “The day of solidarity is an opportunity for Cebuano workers to express their support and sympathy to fellow laborers who are in the midst of disputes and struggles against capitalists who are using the crisis as an alibi to demolish workers rights and undercut labor standards. We consider the fight of Keppel and Paul Yu workers as our own fight. An injury to one is an injury to all,” declared Greg Janginon, president of the Prince Warehouse union and Partido ng Manggagawa chairperson for Cebu. The Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Baradero (NMB) Keppel Shipyard-National Federation of Labor (NFL) has been on strike since June 19 after charging management of union busting. Meanwhile Paul Yu management has suspended more than 300 after one week of protests in support of seven leaders who had earlier been suspended. Roger Igot, president of the Keppel union, and Willy Dondoyano, head of the Paul Yu Workers Association, thanked the workers who attended the day of solidarity. “We can only succeed in our struggle on the strength of the militancy of the workers and the solidarity of the labor movement,” Igot averred. |
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06-29-2009 Antipolo urban poor march on City Hall |
Alyansa ng Maralitang Pilipino
Press Release
June 29, 2009 Antipolo urban poor march on City Hall, hold noise barrage vs. con-ass Some 200 urban poor marched this afternoon on the Antipolo city hall in time for a city council hearing to demand a moratorium on demolitions. The march-rally, the third in the last three months, was also in protest at Ordinance 294 that has led to a series of evictions. “The ordinance violates the provisions of the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) which mandates that demolitions can only proceed if relocation is provided. We call on the Mayor to open negotiations with communities before the ordinance is implemented,” Arnold Evariso of the Alyansa ng Maralitang Pilipino (AMP). After the rally at the city hall, the urban poor trooped around 4 p.m. to Shopwise Antipolo for a noise barrage against con-ass and cha-cha. Evariso stated that “We call on the people to make noise today or else we will wake up tomorrow with Gloria Arroyo remaining in power as prime minister. She is already earnestly campaigning with more than a dozen 15 trips to Pampanga in the last four months. There is no other reason for Gloria Arroyo’s visits except to woo voters for a run at the congressional seat now occupied by her son. Gloria Arroyo as a prime minister means the old dog returning with a new collar.” The Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) also demanded a moratorium on evictions in the face of a rash of violent demolitions in the last two weeks. “We ask that Malacanang declare a moratorium on demolitions and a ban on violent evictions. The least that government can do in the midst of the economic crisis is to refrain from destroying the houses and livelihoods of the poor,” stated Renato Magtubo, chairperson of PM. |
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