![]() ![]() Rogas said they immediately filed a counter-affidavit showing proof that belied the claims of the three employees. ![]() All these matter for the labor department before it would release the new union’s approved petition for certification of election. They supposedly denied their being union members they also denied that there had been a union meeting or that Rogas is a regular employee. He shared that last week, the labor department declined to release the Certification of Election of the union after three union members allegedly filed a motion to intervene. Rogas disclosed that the union-busting and illegal dismissals started since they formed a union for the radio network’s Manila operations in November last year. He asked other workers especially their fellow media workers to support their actions. ![]() The radio employees’ union RMN-MEU had earlier filed cases against management for alleged union-busting and illegal dismissal.īlack ribbon as sign of protest at RMN newsroom (Photo courtesy of Lourdes Escaros-Paet / )Ĭriticizing RMN management’s “anti-worker and anti-union activities,” Rogas said the union will stage a rally in front of RMN offices in Guadalupe Commercial Complex along EDSA Guadalupe in Makati City on Thursday, May 17. The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE)-NCR is set to hear their petition on Tuesday, May 15. ![]() Rogas said they filed a notice of strike last May 7. The management also placed two other union members in floating status. The employees charged that the dismissals are part of management efforts to break up their newly formed union.Įarly this year, the RMN management reportedly terminated the union president of RMN Manila Employees Union (RMN-MEU), Michael Rogas, vice president Lorenz Tanjoco and director Shane Juan. MANILA - Forty-two anchors, reporters and production employees of RMN in Manila are up in arms against the management of DZxl radio station after it dismissed three of their union officers recently. Work will not yet be over for the outgoing Vice President after she announced the creation of the Angat Buhay Foundation, which is set to start on July 1 and would carry some of her flagship programs.Īs she steps down from office, Robredo will likewise launch a campaign to fight disinformation and fake news on social media.The union-busting and illegal dismissals, said the union president, started since they formed a union for the radio network’s Manila operations. “I am very pleased and honored to have the opportunity to work with the VP, who is such a great leader,” he told the Manila Bulletin. “But you know, moving forward, if it’s possible for her to have another show, another venue for getting her message out, then it’s something that we will probably explore,” he added.įor Saludar, he felt honored as co-host of the Vice President during her weekly radio show over the past five years. The spokesperson noted they would explore new platforms to replace the radio show even when Robredo finally becomes a private citizen on June 30. READ: Robredo to pursue ‘new chapter’ as Angat Buhay NGO leader And the Vice President will be there to attend the last episode,” Gutierrez, a lawyer, said in an interview with ANC. “It’s scheduled to have its last episode this coming Sunday. The “BISErbisyong Leni” show had 226 episodes that were also aired via regional stations of the radio network in Cebu, Cagayan De Oro, Davao, and Naga City. The one-hour radio program, which Robredo anchors with radio man Ely Saludar, airs at 9 a.m. Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said that this week’s episode would be the last in the series that began in May 2017 to tackle issues concerning the government, legal, and public service. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo by Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) ![]()
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