Union formed in Golden Zone Garments. After several months of efforts, the Golden Zone daily rank-and-file workers in Laguna established and registered the Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Golden Zone Garments and Accessories Inc on August 12. The workers face issues of low wages, forced overtime, lack of transportation allowance and poor safety and health regulations.

The union also filed a case with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board against the management’s repression and coercing workers to dissociate from the union. The first hearing was held on September 11.

Recognize workers’ rights, amid transfer of icing factory. Workers of Philippine Gum Paste Inc (PGPI), an icing factory (for cakes), in Cubao, Quezon City continue to demand their rights after the management ignored their grievances over the transfer of its factory to Candelaria, Quezon. They complained against forcibly being transferred to a new factory with threats of dismissal.

Fight for CBA in Daiwa! More than 100 workers of Daiwa-Seiko Philippines protested outside its factory in the Laguna International Industrial Park in Biñan, Laguna last September 18 to fight for their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The Malayang Unyon ng Daiwa-Seiko Philippines (MUDSP) said the management is delaying their CBA.