Our proposals for 2011-2013 CBN……. The reason why we need these proposals is to maintain employees morale and efficiency at the workplace, the lost purchasing power must be restored. The maintenance of good industrial relations and sound labor management relations require that both management panel and union panel to negotiate ways to maintain – if [...]
Archive for category Local Union Concerns
The Reason why……
Oct 16
This year is our CBA year, our Collective Bargaining Agreement with the company Meadjohnson Nutrition Philippines will expire on December 31,2010. Preparation of proposals, research and data gathering is on going.We all know that we are facing a very
Work today (2010) at MJN Philippines… Last year January 2009 as a result of closure of at WWMG our colleagues more than 57 members were lost their jobs. At the end of December 2009 another redundancy of 33 members due to outsourcing to 3rd party of Warehousing, Maintenance work, BIB, Canning pack off of Production.
Our jobs was directly affected brought by radical changes in challenging external environment of the Company as their choices on leveraging & optimizing internal resources. The business of the Company realigned to maximize the structure with more focus in a certain business units that resulted some position to be no longer necessary.
Cancellation of work
Sep 15
ARTICLE XXIII SPECIAL PROVISION Section 3. In case of force majeure (e.g., typhoon, earthquake or other natural calamities) full compensation shall be paid to the employees when they are sent home by the Company. Employees who are required to stay for manning certain equipment or facilities, or for maintenance purposes or to complete urgent work [...]
A. The Role of Education in Independent Trade Unionism Education is a crucial, indispensable catalyst for trade union unity; the rule of thumb here is “without unity of will, there can be no unity of action”. The strength of independent trade unionism lies in the firm adherence of all union leaders and members to common [...]
