By Peter Tabingo, 9 Mar 2021
ONE cannot squeeze blood out of a dry stone or water out of a parched land.
With this pronouncement, the Commission on Audit denied a petition by a group of former rank-and-file workers demanding the payment of P461.55 million as compensation for their unjust dismissal from the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA).
In the five-page decision dated December 17, 2020 but released only yesterday, the COA Commission Proper said the LRTA is not the proper entity to pay the Pinag-isang Lakas ng mga Manggagawa sa LRT-National Federation of Workers’ Union-Kilusang Mayo Uno (Piglas-NFWU-KMU) and Sammy Malunes et.al.
Instead, COA Chairman Michael G. Aguinaldo and Commissioner Roland C. Pondoc said the petition should have been filed against the Metro Transit Organization Inc. (MTOI), a separate government agency and subsidiary of LRTA which supplied the manpower needs of the latter.
However, there is a major problem – the MTOI was dissolved 21 years ago shortly after the non-renewal of its operations and management agreement with the LRTA. The termination of the agreement was the indirect result of an illegal strike staged by the Piglas-NFWU-KMU on July 25, 2000 which paralyzed LRT operations.
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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