Makati Med, employees forge agreement
October 10, 2005 | 12:00am
The labor dispute between the management and employees of the Makati Medical Center (MMC) finally ended in a compromise agreement yesterday.
Hospital executives decided not to cut employee benefits and their right to an annual salary increase.
The agreement finally puts the MMC back on track in its effort to rise from its financial woes and provide the best service for its patients.
The labor dispute almost led to a disastrous workers’ strike which could have paralyzed hospital operations considering that more than 800 nurses, staffers, and other personnel were planning to abandon their posts.
MMC Employees Union (Mamacea) president Willy Pulia, told The Star that the MMC management has given employees an across the board salary increase of P25 a day.
Employees, he added, will also be receiving a lump sum pay equivalent to 10 working months from March to December 2005.
Pulia further revealed that from January 2006 to February 2007, each worker will receive P760 as cost of living allowance (Cola) a month.
"There will be no reduction of existing benefits," he said, thanking the MMC management for understanding the needs of its employees.
The labor dispute stemmed from the MMC management’s idea of imposing a two-year moratorium on additional benefits for employees and cutting some of the benefits already enjoyed by the employees.
The "status quo" proposal was laid before Mamacea members in an effort to convince them into giving up some of the good things for a specific timeframe so as to allow the hospital to recover from its financial loses in the last three years.
But employees found the idea unacceptable considering that the MMC management retrenched some 300 personnel three months ago which means that it is now spending less for employee’s salaries and benefits.
Talks led to deadlocks, prompting Mamacea to file a notice of strike before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) last month.
The MMC management eventually scrapped the idea of a two-year moratorium and gave the workers a good deal and an acceptable package of benefits.
"We are very happy and we are very grateful. The management showed us that it cares. We are now ready to help make the MMC achieve financial stability by giving patients the best service," Pulia said. — Michael Punongbayan
Hospital executives decided not to cut employee benefits and their right to an annual salary increase.
The agreement finally puts the MMC back on track in its effort to rise from its financial woes and provide the best service for its patients.
The labor dispute almost led to a disastrous workers’ strike which could have paralyzed hospital operations considering that more than 800 nurses, staffers, and other personnel were planning to abandon their posts.
MMC Employees Union (Mamacea) president Willy Pulia, told The Star that the MMC management has given employees an across the board salary increase of P25 a day.
Employees, he added, will also be receiving a lump sum pay equivalent to 10 working months from March to December 2005.
Pulia further revealed that from January 2006 to February 2007, each worker will receive P760 as cost of living allowance (Cola) a month.
"There will be no reduction of existing benefits," he said, thanking the MMC management for understanding the needs of its employees.
The labor dispute stemmed from the MMC management’s idea of imposing a two-year moratorium on additional benefits for employees and cutting some of the benefits already enjoyed by the employees.
The "status quo" proposal was laid before Mamacea members in an effort to convince them into giving up some of the good things for a specific timeframe so as to allow the hospital to recover from its financial loses in the last three years.
But employees found the idea unacceptable considering that the MMC management retrenched some 300 personnel three months ago which means that it is now spending less for employee’s salaries and benefits.
Talks led to deadlocks, prompting Mamacea to file a notice of strike before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) last month.
The MMC management eventually scrapped the idea of a two-year moratorium and gave the workers a good deal and an acceptable package of benefits.
"We are very happy and we are very grateful. The management showed us that it cares. We are now ready to help make the MMC achieve financial stability by giving patients the best service," Pulia said. — Michael Punongbayan
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