BAGUIO CITY—At lrast 1,000 former employees of a state power firm failed to qualify for work at the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, which acquired the country’s power transmission grid, a former union leader of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) said.
Walder Revellar, North Luzon chapter president of the Mindanao Transco Employees Union (Mintrea), said they were advised about the decision only last week. Revellar was among those who failed to meet NGCP standards.
Formerly the consortium of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp. (MOGRC), State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC) and Calaca High Power Corp., the NGCP promised to absorb all 5,650 Transco workers when it won the 25-year concessionaire lease to maintain all of the country’s power transmission lines, Revellar said.
He said most of these Transco employees were retrenched when the National Power Corp. was broken up into Transco and several generation companies.
The sale of Transco, the generation companies and downsizing of Napocor are part of the industry deregulation required by the 2001 Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).
Revellar said some of the Transco employees who lost their jobs have not reached retirement age but would have difficulty finding new jobs because most of them are old.
“There are many employees who are very young. They would have had a good career [at NGCP],” he said.
Several union leaders like him also failed to make the grade, Revellar said.
“But we cannot go to [the Department of Labor and Employment] to complain because the national grid was [auctioned off] technically to a new company,” he said.
The union had protested the privatization of the Transco grid, saying it could impact on national security.
Toward the end of 2008, the union members started negotiating for access to the transactions related to NGCP’s takeover in January, but they were only assured of fair play once the new firm started developing its manpower pool, Revellar said.–Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
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!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
