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Hans Leo Cacdac, executive director of DOLE-National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), said they are now closely monitoring about 416 firms with expiring collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), which could eventually lead to strikes.


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TUCP spokesman Alex Aguilar said there is a need to fully support the government’s new population policy considering that 40 percent of Filipinos are living below the poverty line.


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Several labor unions have, in fact, successfully forged CBAs with a specific stipulation on free condoms for workers, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said.


TUCP spokesman Alex Aguilar said that workers from Jollibee, one of the country’s largest food chains, are among the many beneficiaries of free-condom CBAs.


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Workers now demand family planning in CBA

By Mayen Jaymalin | August 6, 2008 - 12:00am

Aside from a pay increase, a family planning program is now among the major demands of workers in negotiations for collective bargaining agreements (CBA), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported ...

News Commentary

DOLE monitoring strike-prone firms

By Mayen Jaymalin | January 24, 2006 - 12:00am

Over 400 commercial establishments, mostly located in Metro Manila, are now under tight watch for possible labor disputes and work stoppages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced yesterday. Hans...

Metro

CBAs to include reproductive health services

By Mayen Jaymalin | January 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The demand for provision of free con—doms and other reproductive health services may soon become a priority in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). This, as the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)...

Nation

TUCP: Unions want condoms

By Mayen Jaymalin | November 4, 2002 - 12:00am

Hard times nowadays have been prompting workers to seek better coverage in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs): salary increases, clothing allowance, rice subsidy — and a weekly supply of condoms. Several...

Headlines