A LABOR row at Bluestar Marketing and Manufacturing Corp., maker of the Advan brand of casual shoes, has been resolved, with the workers’ union securing a collective bargaining deal. Undersecretary for Labor Relations Hans Leo G. Dacdac said in a report to Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz the National Conciliation and Mediation Board headed by Executive Director Reynaldo R. Ubaldo had settled the dispute, with the parties involved signing a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) covering the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2015. Bluestar Workers Labor Union agreed to stop protests in exchange for P6.9 million worth of benefits. The union filed a notice of strike on Sept. 4, 2009, claiming unfair labor practices such as management’s refusal to negotiate a CBA, delays in salary payments, illegal suspension of union leaders, and forced leave of absences, among others. The CBA is the first for the union which registered on Oct. 2, 2007. Bluestar Marketing and Manufacturing employs around 300 workers at its manufacturing facility in Tunasan, Muntinlupa. It produces 5,400 shoes and 2,700 boots every day. –Businessworld
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
