‘Contractualization in our company resulted in union busting, illegal termination of employees, and, ultimately, left our families starving.’ – Esmeraldo Ison, TMC&F Union President

Women workers protests OPI's non-disclosure of the company's real status after it declared suspension of operation in April at GBP, Gen. Trias City, Cavite which displaced more than 4,000 workers mostly women.

Rosario, Cavite – The Workers Assistance Center (WAC) held a forum on November 30, their 20^th founding anniversary in its office at Sapa 1 of the said town.

Rep. Neri Colmenares of the Party list Bayan Muna was the guest speaker and tackled the recently enacted bill to increase the retirees’ monthly pension from the Social Security System (SSS) and still pending bill of lowering income taxes in the country.

The discussion started at 10 in the morning who were attended by workers, church peo...

May 17, 2015 – The Workers Assistance Center (WAC) hosted a roundtable discussion in its office in Rosario, Cavite concerning the presence of young trainees allegedly working in some of the manufacturing plants located inside the Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ).

Said trainees are under the Dual Training System (DTS) Program supervised by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and implemented thru accredited training schools and institutes.

WAC decided to hold the discussi...

Workers from different workplaces, organized and unorganized, across Cavite marched towards the front gate of the Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ) in the town of Rosario to commemorate the International Labor Day on May 1.

About 500-strong workers and sectors supporting the workers cause staged their program at the heat of the afternoon led by the Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW), the provincial alliance of workers here in Cavite.

Bannered by the warm participation of independent unions under the a...

Rosario, Cavite – Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW), an alliance of workers in the province of Cavite, celebrated its 18^th anniversary on April 26, 2015 through a fun run.

The fun run received positive reactions from folks across the town because the group also joined the campaign to implement a national minimum wage for workers and employees in both public and private sector amounting to 16,000PhP a month aside calling for President Aquino’s ouster.

More than 100 individuals composed ...

Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Chong Won (United Workers at Chong Won or NMCW) the union in Chong Won Fashions Inc. which closed shop in March 2007 filed a petition for review of certiorari before a Supreme Court (SC) in May 14, 2012 after their motion for reconsideration before the Court Appeals (CA) was dismissed late of March this year.

The six-year old case against the strikers of NMCW started in 2006 after the management of Chong Won filed an illegal strike case before the National Labor R...

A dialogue between the church people and the workers was held at the Marian Hall of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Rosario Cavite in conjunction with the celebration of the International Labor Day on May 1, 2012.

The church and the workers engaged with the theme Church’s Dialogue of Life with the Workers in Celebration of Labor Day. The said dialogue was sponsored by the Imus Diocese Ministry on Workers, Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW), Most Holy Rosary Parish, Philippine Independent...

Rosario, Cavite - Daeduck Employees Union (DEU) suffered a major blow in its fight to push for better workers conditions and benefits after the management of Daeduck Philippines Incorporated (DDPI) management terminated nine (9) officers of the said union including its president this September 23, 2011.

The termination was effected to DEUs officers namely: Romeo Elcano, president; Jerson Ballena, Treasurer; and Board Members Lazaro Babagay Jr., Romil Veroya, Pepito Valete, Rio Comintan, Annaly...

Mark Anthony Doctolero never woke up from sleep after working more than 24 hours in a Taiwanese-owned Enlin Steel Philippines Corporation (ESPC) operating inside the Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ), Rosario, Cavite.

According to Roxanne, common law wife and mother to a nine-month old child, “My husband (Doctolero) left for work at 6:00 in the morning of June 25, 2011. They were told to work overnight and got home earlier than expected of 9:00 in the morning the next day, June 26.”

“Bef...

Dae Duck Philippines, Inc. (DDPI), a Korean-owned electronics company inside the Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ) in Rosario, Cavite secluded Jerson Ballena, Dae Duck Employees Union-Independent (DEU-Ind) treasurer apart from other workers and unionists in placing him in the counseling room inside the company’s administration office since May 18, 2011.

“I was given a memorandum from the Human Resource Department (HRD) stating my transfer from the QM-QP (Quality Management-Quality Program) De...

The Workers Assistance Center congratulates its chair of the board, The Most Reverend Ephraim Fajutagana, as the newly-elected 12^th Supreme Bishop of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church) following its 12^th Triennial General Assembly on May 10, 2011.

The Most Rev. Fajutagana served as WAC’s chairperson since 2007 during his reign as the General Secretary of IFI. He was the Diocesan Bishop in the province of Cavite from 2002 until his election as General Secreta...

Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW) led the 500-strong marching workers unions and sectoral organizations on the 122^nd International Labor Day at 8:30 in the morning on May 1 to rally behind this year’s theme to unite and fight against poverty and repression of rights.

“The May One commemorative rally this year is very significant to us. This is the first Labor Day celebration of the Aquino Administration and this is also the first time that unionized workers were able to march inside the e...

By Maricar Cinco, Inquirer Southern Luzon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:30:00 09/10/2010
Filed Under: Labor, Health and Safety at Work

ROSARIO, Cavite—Alex Secoya’s two-month stint at the factory left him with a fractured nose bridge, a swollen face, six stitches on his left arm and a fractured rib bone.

He said he would have wanted to return to work if the company had not fired him after the accident.

Secoya, 26, was hired in May as a night-shift production operator at Elin-C...

April 19, 2010. SCW launched protest against the       L-R: Rebecca Chato of BLR;Dir. Eli E. Ricote  OIC-GTID;    
passage of the Save our Industry Act.                        Mr. Tuomo Poutianen, Chief Technical Advisor of BFC &
                                                                                                 ILO; Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz of DoLE & Mr. Andrew J. 
                                                                                                       Samet Partner ...

Due to insufficiency of evidence Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Vivian Monzon-Rojo dismissed qualified theft charges against 25 union members of Golden Will Fashion Philippines Workers Organization-Independent (GWFPWO-Ind) on the 4^th of May 2010.

The Workers Assistance Center, Inc. (WAC) received the decision on July 12, 2010 after almost two years of litigation and struggle of the union workers of GWFPWO-Ind. The case was dismissed after Arman Valdez, also a worker ...

3 May 2010

Politically important!

This is how the workers describe the 2010 International Labor Day celebration in the Philippines. The May 1 celebration this year coincided with the Presidential and Local Elections but more importantly the workers and the whole electorate’s participation is crucially significant due to the implementation of the First National Automated Elections.

May One Commemorative Committee

Realizing the importance of this political exercise, religious groups fr...

More than a hundred workers from garments and apparel factories in the First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE) who staged a protest rally in front of the enclave in Brgy. Langkaan, Dasmarinas, Cavite last February 26, 2009 was violently dispersed by members of the Right 8 Security Guards posted at the main gate.

Six security guards, not all of them in uniform, initially tried to prevent workers from holding a program saying that it is not permitted because it is a private zone.

The commotion st...

On tour “Pagsambang Bayan” (literally translates People’s Mass/Worship), a play acclaimed for its bold defiance and militance during Martial Law years was once again restaged and for the first time shown in Cavite last February 28, 2009 at the Emilio Aguinaldo College in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Written by award winning writer Bonifacio P. Ilagan and directed by the highly acclaimed Behn Cervantes, the play was basically a Christian mass played lively with speech choirs and musical choruses...