Strikes

by Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star, 18 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Charges were filed yesterday against 44 employees of a company in Valenzuela who were arrested for going on strike on Wednesday night.

by Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star, 17 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Fifty workers of a company in Valenzuela were reportedly forcefully dispersed and arrested on Wednesday night after they went on strike.

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By The Manila Times, 9 Jan 2020 OVER the weekend, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) interceded in a strike by employees at the Petron Bataan Refinery (PBR), ordering them to end their walkout and return to work. While DoLE’s explanation for prohibiting the labor action at the country’s largest refinery was logical, the…

By ERNIE B. ESCONDE, Manila Times, 6 Jan 2019 Members of the Bataan Refiners Union of the Philippines (BRUP) working at the Petron Bataan Refinery (PBR) here entered the second day, Sunday, of their strike over alleged union-busting and noncompliance by management with their collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

6 Dec 2019 – BACK TO THE FUTURE:- COKE IS IT! Last December 5, 2019 the CCBPIEU-NLU filed a “Notice of Strike” (NOS) at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)-DOLE Region III, San Fernando, Pampanga, in the wake of a “deadlock in negotiation” for the renewal of its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for 2019-2022,…

By Negros Chronicle, Jul 14, 2019 The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment has intervened in the dispute between the Silliman University administration and the Silliman University Faculty Association after both parties were in a deadlock in the negotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement particularly on the proposed adjustment in the wages.

by Maricar Cinco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 6, 2019 Violence erupts as Nutriasia workers go on strike in Laguna SAN PEDRO CITY — Violence erupted at the factory of condiment-maker NutriAsia in Cabuyao City in Laguna province after “hundreds” of workers went on strike Saturday morning.

DAVAO. Sumifru workers say notice to end strike from the Department of Labor and Employment was not followed by the Kilusang Mayo Uno. by LYKA AMETHYST H. CASAMAYOR, Sunstar, Oct 20, 2018 SUMIFRU workers said that the notice to end the strike from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) was not followed instead was…

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SAN PEDRO CITY–A series of clashes between protesting workers and security personnel of a distillery plant have continued a day after nearly a hundred workers went on strike in Cabuyao City, Laguna.

Household appliance maker Fagor has recently entered bankruptcy, but its workers are not ready to give up their jobs. FORTUNE — In the town of Basauri, amid the rolling hills of Spain’s Basque Country, some 140 workers at the Edesa appliance factory are taking four-hour shifts as they stage a lock-in. Their parent company, the…

Once again, hundreds of thousands of Bay Area commuters face a perilous commute stemming from a paralyzed transportation system. The culprit? Another bargaining impasse between workers and management at the region’s commuter rail system, BART. The Bay Area’s congestion is a daily headache for many even when the BART trains are all operating, and thus…

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MANILA, Philippines – With almost a zero strike record for the past seven months, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is working hard to set a historical record of 2011 being the most peaceful year in the country’s labor history.

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a petition of a group of commercial pilots to reinstate the pilots of Philippine Airlines (PAL), who claimed they were illegally dismissed in 1998.

Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it would start hiring workers for ground duty to augment its current workforce and replace those who resigned over the past few weeks.