Archive - 2007
CoA report shows Arroyo's hand in the cookie jar
Submitted by KMU on Thu, 2007/10/18 - 1:24pm.“The recent CoA report further verified Arroyo's hand was really in the cookie jar. The lack of a paper trail, in this case, is actually strengthening the allegations against widespread and systemic corruption in the Arroyo regime.”
NAMADITFI: A Chronicle of Militant Workers Struggle
Submitted by KMU S. Mindanao on Thu, 2007/10/18 - 12:15pm.Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Davao Integrated Transport Facilities, Inc. (NAMADITFI)
DOLE Registration Number. R1100-0608-UR-255
Company : Davao Integrated Transport Facilities, Inc.
Address : Wharf Drive, San Pedro, Panabo City
Industry : Hauling services for export products of DOLE Stanfilco
Total Workforce : 290 Regular : 262 Contractual : 25
Union Members : 189 Supervisory : 70+
Male : 260 Female : 12
Family Affair
FAMILY AFFAIR. The struggle of the retrenched workers of DITFI becomes the fight of the entire family.Labor Center calls Arroyo's discretionary funds a fountain of corruption
Submitted by KMU on Wed, 2007/10/17 - 1:23pm.“The unending search of corrupt politicians to fatten their pockets have led them to the fountain of corruption in the middle of Malacañang operated by no less than Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The amount you get to consume from the fountain is directly proportional to the level of subservience to Arroyo's whim.”
KMU-SMR: When has the AFP become the mouthpiece of DOLE-Stanfilco?
Submitted by KMU S. Mindanao on Wed, 2007/10/17 - 12:17pm.DAVAO CITY—“How much talent fee is DOLE-Stanfilco paying the Armed Forces of the Philippines to become its foul mouthpiece against the legitimate demands of retrenched workers of DITFI?”
Thus was the question of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Southern Mindanao Region Chair Romualdo Basilio following the accusations of Major Medel Aguilar of the 5th Civil Relations Group that the labor center was behind the “closure” of Davao International Transport Facilities, Inc (DITFI).
Beltran family asks public to pray for Ka Bel's speedy recovery*
Submitted by KMU on Tue, 2007/10/16 - 5:54pm.Solon wants to get back to work immediately
Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran said that he was feeling relatively fine after the vehicular accident earlier this morning. He was awake and conscious and was fully able to answer the queries of the doctor and nurses who gave him medical attention when he was rushed to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH).
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DoLE AO 183 just another media blitz
Submitted by KMU on Mon, 2007/10/15 - 1:37pm.“The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Administrative Order 183 (AO183) is merely a media blitz launched not to address labor issues but to earn media mileage. Inspection is good but we need heads to roll.”
