A decision by a mediator-arbiter of the Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (DoLE-NCR) involving a certification election (CE) issue among the rank-and-file employees of the country’s biggest bank subverts industrial democracy.
The Banco de Oro Employees Association (BdOEA)-National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) questioned mediator-arbiter Benjo Santos Benavidez’s order for the conduct of a CE among the rank-and-file employees of Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. The decision disregards the will of the overwhelming majority of the rank-and-file (over 9,000 of around 10,500) who affirmed their membership with BdOEA as the exclusive and recognized bargaining representative in collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations with the bank management.
The 9,000 plus BDOEA members had earlier signed a joint resolution that forms part of the manifestations submitted to DoLE-NCR in seeking the dismissal of the CE petition filed by a certain United Employees of Banco de Oro. The latter has never presented to the DoLE any document of its mandate or membership to justify its petition for a CE, contrary to law. The Labor Code, specifically Book V, Article 256, provides that before a petition for CE can be entertained, a labor organization must show proof that it has at least 25 percent of the total number of members of the bargaining agent.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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