Updated 2: Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Tagumpay ang welga ng mga manggagawa ng Coca-Cola Sta. Rosa.
Dahil ipinakita ng mga manggagawa ang kanilang determinasyon at paninindigan para sa kanilang karapatan sa sahod, trabaho at pag-uunyon, nagkaroon ng settlement ang unyon at management at kikilalanin ang mga manggagawa bilang mga regular na manggagawa ng Coca-Cola within 3 months, bibigyan ng P24,000 signing bonus, at babayaran ang 3 araw na inilaan ng mga manggagawa sa welga!
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Coca Cola workers rejoice over victorious strike, hold solidarity night to thank supporters
Sta. Rosa Laguna – Workers from the Coca Cola Sta. Rosa plant rejoiced over the victorious settlement they obtained after going on a 3-day strike. After having blockaded the factory’s four gates, the workers finally lifted their strike with “happiness” and declared triumph in their call for regular employment.
After three days of picketing in front of the Coca Cola Sta. Rosa plant, the workers under the Unyon ng mga Manggagawang Driver, Forklift Operator, at Picker sa Sta Rosa Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc.-Independent declared victory over a successful settlement with the Coca Cola management.
Around 500 workers and supporters held a solidarity night on May 22 in gratitude to all the supporters to the 3-day strike launched by the union. A victory march was likewise held at 7 o’clock in the morning on May 23 from the Coca Cola plant to Balibago Complex, which was attended by more than 200 workers and supporters.
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News: In Sta. Rosa, Laguna, court orders Coca-Cola union to pay management at least P150,000; striking workers face dispersal
Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. workers under the Unyon ng mga Manggagawang Driver, Forklift Operator, at Picker sa Coca Cola Sta Rosa-Independent (UMDFP-CCBPI-IND) launched their strike at the Coca Cola Sta. Rosa plant on May 21, around 4 o’clock in the morning.
Workers said their decisive move to launch their strike was their highest and last political resort to call for their rights to wages, benefits, tenure, and union.
As they set-up camps and picket lines outside the Coca Cola plant, workers called on consumers to support their strike, as they face severe working conditions in and out of the factory.
Coca Cola-Sta. Rosa management filed damages at the Regional Trial Court-Binan against the union yesterday, May 21.
The court immediately released a Temporary Restraining Order at 12 noon, giving the union 72 hours thereafter to lift and remove their picket lines. Otherwise, the management will be assisted by the Philippine National Police in forcefully removing the blockades.
A provision of the TRO orders the union to pay at least P150,000 in damages.
“Can you see how biased the government can be? As far as we can remember, we were the ones being robbed of our salaries, our duly guaranteed overtime pay, our right to form a union. It is very ironic to demand from us such amount of money. They know so well that based on how they treated us for 10 years or more, we do not have the capacity to pay for such thing. The order is total stupidity.”
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