News Release
16 June 2009
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
Hundreds of workers belonging to the Goldilocks Union together with the militant labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) joined by other labor groups and sectors gathered in front of the building occupied by the NLRC National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) along Banawe Ave, Quezon City for a huge rally.
The rally was a condemnation of the workers to an earlier decision by the NLRC through Commissioner Nieves De Castro involving the case of Goldilocks Union. The decision ordered the dismissal of 127 union leaders on the basis of launching an illegal strike. The decision was a far out for no strike ever took place at the Goldilocks.
The workers further believed that Commissioner De Castro’s decision was grossly unfair to the workers and totally anomalous. Not a single individual would agree that what Commissioner De Castro did was fair and just.
The workers are demanding that Comm. De Castro should inhibit the pending case of Motion for Reconsideration they have earlier filed in response to the decision.
Joel Lachica, the Goldilocks Union President, asserted that “There’s should be no place for a GMA-clone in the mold of Comm. De Castro at the NLRC. She must immediately resign to preserve the integrity of the commission.”
The group vowed to escalate its protests to ultimately achieve justice of their case and pursue its crusade to clean up the scalawags hibernating at the commission. #
16 June 2009
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
Goldilocks Workers Slammed Corruption in NLRC
Hundreds of workers belonging to the Goldilocks Union together with the militant labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) joined by other labor groups and sectors gathered in front of the building occupied by the NLRC National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) along Banawe Ave, Quezon City for a huge rally.
The rally was a condemnation of the workers to an earlier decision by the NLRC through Commissioner Nieves De Castro involving the case of Goldilocks Union. The decision ordered the dismissal of 127 union leaders on the basis of launching an illegal strike. The decision was a far out for no strike ever took place at the Goldilocks.
The workers further believed that Commissioner De Castro’s decision was grossly unfair to the workers and totally anomalous. Not a single individual would agree that what Commissioner De Castro did was fair and just.
The workers are demanding that Comm. De Castro should inhibit the pending case of Motion for Reconsideration they have earlier filed in response to the decision.
Joel Lachica, the Goldilocks Union President, asserted that “There’s should be no place for a GMA-clone in the mold of Comm. De Castro at the NLRC. She must immediately resign to preserve the integrity of the commission.”
The group vowed to escalate its protests to ultimately achieve justice of their case and pursue its crusade to clean up the scalawags hibernating at the commission. #
