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THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment-National Labor Relations
Commission (DOLE-NLRC) dismissed the charges of unfair labor practice filed by
the Adamson University Faculty and Employees' Association (AUFEA) against the
university administration for lack of merit based on the decision it issued on
November 27, two months after the union were forced to wage a strike following
the failure of CBA negotiations between the union and university officials.
The said order, signed by Commissioner Vicente SE Veloso, also stated
that the strike staged by AUFEA on September 3-11 was illegal. It also upheld
the termination of the five top officers of AUFEA as legal due to its defiance
of the Return to Work Order and directed the parties to "conclude their CBA
within thirty (30) days from receipt hereof in order that the industrial peace
restored by the DOLE Secretary's certification be maintained."
"The
NLRC has distorted facts," Babylin S. Tero, terminated AUFEA president, averred
in her reaction to the NLRC decision. She added that they are awaiting the
decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which they believe would be favorable to
the union. read more.
THREE ADAMSONIANS found themselves in a tight situation after
being slapped with extortion charges by the proprietors of Ma-Annes Student
Canteen, a popular eatery found along C. Zobel Street.
Last October
29, Val Candelaria, a 4th year Political Science student, Marlon Escobar, a
senior Electrical Engineering Student and Willie Eclipse, a Management Graduate,
were having their meal at the said canteen when they found a rat's tail in their
Bicol Express.
Shocked, the three called the attention of the food
servers regarding what was served to them.
The trio sought the
assistance of a certain Kagawad Yambao of Barangay 660, which has jurisdiction
over the canteen. They filed charges at the Barangay Headquarters, where
Barangay Chairperson Haidee Solidum stepped in as arbiter to resolve the
issue.
According to the logbook of the Barangay, the two parties met
in a series of hearings and both presented their sides. Mrs. Sheila Sy, the
owner of Ma-Anne's, said that she herself prepared the said meal and that she
did not notice anything unusual with the food that she was preparing and that
"she was very careful in doing so."
Solidum then proceeded to talk
about compensation for the offended parties. Mrs. Sy stated that she can only
give back the amount which the group had paid for their food. Candelaria
declared P150,000. Mrs. Sy argued that she did not have that much money to pay
them that amount.
In an exclusive interview of the three students with
the The Adamson Chronicle, Eclipse stated that Mrs. Sy had told them before the
meeting that she will pay no matter how much the amount will be. Candelaria
added that he was seeking for the said compensation because of the humiliation
he felt on the statement that she said. "Ibinibigay nga sa amin yung
tig-te-trenta namin, sabi nila wag na daw kaming kumain doon (Ma-Anne's),"
Candelaria averred.
October 14, 2001. After
almost two weeks after their meeting, the two sides met again at the barangay
headquarters for what was supposed to be the last meeting of the two parties.
The trio is to receive the compensation from Mrs. Sy under the supervision of
the barangay captain. Mrs. Sy handed the money to Eclipse, who passed the money
to Solidum to be counted, which is the way it should be as Solidum was the
overseeing authority, according to Eclipse.
According to Solidum, Mrs.
Sy promptly left the barangay headquarters after she handed the money over to
Eclipse.
He then gave the money to her (Solidum) in order for her to count the
money when uniformed police officers entered the premises and nabbed the three
students, citing that it was an entrapment operation for an extortion case filed
by Mrs. Sy. Solidum was unaware of such operation.
Both parties agreed afterwards to a reconciliation.
Eclipse said that they were not the ones who brought up the idea of a
compensation, and that all they wanted was a thorough medical
check-up.
Mrs. Sy however said that since only one student ate the
Bicol Express, he should be the only one to file the complaint and that the
other two should just serve as witnesses.
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more.