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14 Aug 2017

Author:
Partido Manggagawa (Philippines)

Lakepower reneges on promise to respect freedom of association, promotes a “company union” to compete with the independent union

Despite an agreement conciliated by the Labor Department last July 27 in which Lakepower Converter Inc. promised to respect freedom of association, management has continued to interfere in their workers’ right to unionize. While before, management was intimidating workers not to join or support the independent union, now Lakepower is promoting the formation of a company union.

Union officers learned just after the conciliation meeting on July 27 that managers, supervisors and line leaders started signing up workers for a new union on the very day of the agreement...

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