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Philippines: Women workers go on strike and allege undue termination or suspension of union officers
"FOA issue at electronics supplier Lakepower Converter," 30 December 2017
Women workers of...Lakepower Converter Inc....have been on strike since December 7 and were repeatedly harassed by company and ecozone guards.
Company guards, export zone security guards and other men wearing ski masks but clad in ecozone police uniforms repeatedly tore down placards and makeshift tents at the picketline. The men arrived in motorcycles and bearing side arms. Two women workers—Maricar Orque and Magdalena Peña—were hurt in the commotion that followed the forcible dismantling of the picketline.
...They also set up barricades at two points leading to the factory and refused entry to workers going to the picketline. All these are violations of the official “Guidelines on the Conduct of Police and Security Personnel During Labor Disputes.”
The strike commenced after management refused worker’s demands that the termination and suspension of union officers and members be stopped.
Lakepower and CTC are suppliers to Texas Instruments, Arrow Electronics, Recom Power and A.M. Components. Striking women workers are calling on these companies to enforce their commitment to respect the right to unionize and freedom from discrimination all along their supply chain.