'UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES'. Zagu workers go on strike starting 4 am of June 6, 2019, to protest their company's unfair labor practices. Photo from the Facebook page of Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms - SUPER
Workers and unionists of Organization of Zagu Workers-Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms began the strike at 4 am on Thursday.Tama na! Sobra na! Welga naZagu, owned by Genevieve Lim-Santos, will mark its 20th anniversary on June 20. It has over 500 stories nationwide.
Union Secretary Hazel Calain said the workers formed the union to address the company’s “illegal labor-only contracting and unfair labor practices.” She noted that about 250 workers serving core functions as machine operators and service crew “are contracted out from 3 different service cooperatives and manpower agencies.”