PAHRA statement - From Goldilocks to Greedilocks to Bloodilocks

From Goldilocks to Greedilocks to Bloodilocks
Friday, 19 March 2010 18:57

The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) unequivocably condemns the violence perpetrated by the owners and management of Goldilocks against the legal and just actions of striking workers at the Mandaluyong cake plant at 11 o’clock this morning.

Unprovoked, two Goldilocks vans ferried some 40 company “contractuals” to be pitted against the striking workers. The vans attempted to ram through the picketline, the scabs threw sand at the eyes of the strikers and the aggressors hurled rocks against those blocking the gates. Six of the striking workers were hurt.

Since February 2010, the appropriate notices of strike were made by the union officers of BISIG and AGLO. Within this period, the management even agreed at one point to release the off-setting bonus to all BISIG members and 94 other workers who were victims of illegal mass dismissal. Later, the management turned back on this promise. The deceptive moves of the management not to comply with the said promise caused the collapse of conciliation talks.

The deliberate move of Goldilocks management to sign a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) not with the BISIG-AGLO, winning union, legitimized by the decision of the 6th division of the NLRC, but with BUKLOD, the losing union, exposes the conspiracy and consequent accountability of state and non-state actors in the ensuing human rights violations.

Goldilocks management has caused the hostile environment that brought about this morning’s violence. Goldilocks management must be held accountable for the casualities suffered by all workers in the morning’s fray. Goldilocks management should cease using workers as pawns in their unjust actions.

It is unfortunate that the owners and management of Goldilocks have chosen to forget that their company’s growth was also brought about by the labor and dedication of the workers. Goldilocks relative good labor practice of job tenure for its employees contributed not in a small manner in its global expansion and competitiveness. The quality of life of workers rightfully should proportionately improved as the company develops and grows – this is a collective aspect of the right to development.

It is unfortunate that the decision-makers of Goldilocks have opted to become Greedilocks by prioritizing more profits for the owners and managers through the contractualization scheme. This action subverts the workers’ human rights to work and to obtain a quality of life worthy of one’s human dignity. They have disjuncted themselves from the same humanity of their workers. More unfortunate, their unconscionable use of violence made their company Bloodilocks.

PAHRA stands with the demands of the BISIG-AGLO-BMP strikers as just to the workers, while beneficial to GOLDILOCKS in the long run. Cease all schemes of violence against the workers. Reinstate the dismissed workers! Stop retrenchment of regular workers and put an end to the contractualization scheme at Goldilocks!

PDI - 8 workers hurt in picket line violence

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100319-259648/8-workers-hurt-in-picket-line-violence

8 workers hurt in picket line violence
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
03/19/2010

Filed Under: Strike, Labor, Economy and Business and Finance, Protest

MANILA, Philippines – At least eight striking workers of a bakeshop on Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong were hurt in a skirmish at the picket line with pro-management employees and guards Friday morning.

The confrontation occurred at about 10:30 a.m. in front of Goldilocks’ cake and food plant when about 100 members of the “loyalist” union, Buklod, allegedly attempted to break up the strike of the Bukluran ng Independenteng Samahan na Itinatag sa Goldilocks (Bisig).

The confrontation started when a delivery truck coming from Ideal Street maneuvered as if to enter the gate, followed by the pro-management workers. But they were blocked by the strikers in the middle of the street.

“We were asking them to leave since we're all workers who want the same thing. But one of the guards threw sand at us. That's when the skirmish started,” Bisig president Joel Lachica said.

The two camps hurled rocks, sand and broken pieces of hollow blocks at each other on the boulevard facing Ideal Street, stalling traffic for 30 minutes. The fighting ended when anti-riot police officers stepped in between them.

Several members of Bisig sustained wounds in their legs, knees and arms. Lachica identified eight of them as Danilo Gicana, Wilson Dy, Carlito Geda, Roberto Carrabacan, Ronald Macalalad, Cillo Crucillo, Canuto Barba and Adolfo Manaog.

Leody De Guzman, president of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, one of the militant labor groups that joined the picket, said the dispute stemmed from the complaint of 127 Goldilocks workers who were laid off over an alleged illegal strike.

He said they started the picket in the early morning of March 11 and would remain on strike until their demands were met.

Lachica said they only wanted two things from the Goldilocks management: to reinstate the 127 retrenched workers and to call for a certification election to determine the true union. He said Buklod was actually the “losing union” and that Bisig was the rightful bargaining agent.

The picketers occupied a 40-50 meter stretch of the sidewalk fronting the Goldilocks plant, which they festooned with banners and streamers bearing protest messages, as well as flags of the different labor groups.

In an interview over dzBB radio, an employee who belongs to Buklod said the fight did not start from their end, and that they only wanted to return to work peacefully.

The Mandaluyong police chief, Senior Superintendent Carlos de Sagun, said the police would adopt a hands-off policy unless ordered otherwise by the labor department, the courts or other agencies with the mandate to do so.

He said the police were required under the law to stay within 50 meters of a labor picket unless the situation turns violent. “We're monitoring the situation. We can only act when it gets violent, but otherwise, we can't intervene,” he said.

De Sagun added: “The management keeps trying to enter [the compound], but we told them that we can't help them. We have to be nonpartisan in labor matters like this.”

MST - Wondering why you can’t get your Goldilocks?

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2010/march/20/metro2.isx&d=2010/march/20

Wondering why you can’t get your Goldilocks?
Manila Standard Today, March 19, 2010

Employees of Goldilocks Bakeshop barricaded the firm’s cake and bread plant in Mandaluyong City leaving at least 40 outlets in Metro Manila without stocks.

“We are now in our eight days (of strike). Workers of the food plant in Manila will also go on strike,” said Leody de Guzman, president of the Buklurang Manggagawang Pilipino, a group associated with the firm’s union.

He said the demand was to have reinstated 127 employees who were dismissed last Feb. 8.

The strike started on March 11 over the sacking of workers mostly leaders and members of the Bukluran ng Independenteng Samahan na Itinatag sa Goldilocks (BISIG), which won the union elections but had not been recognized by the company.

The workers claimed that the dismissals was a result of a company plan to go into a contractualization scheme to skirt wage and benefit regulations.

They said despite Goldilocks growth with 200 branches and outlets nationwide and abroad, workers were subjected to unfair labor practices.

De Guzman said the company wanted to a management set-up union over the certified organization.

But Cielo Rivera, Goldilocks human resources chief, said the dismissed employees instead of availing legal reliefs went to the streets, in clear defiance of the National Labor Relations Commission.

On 27 May 2009, the commission declared illegal a previous mass action of BISIG and ordered those who participated terminated.

According to Rivera, Goldilocks deferred their dismissal because of a motion for reconsideration but the commission affirmed its finding on Jan. 10 this year.

She said no terminations were made and the company waited for the decision to become final and executory.

The process allowed the union to go to the Court of Appeals for a temporary restraining order which remained unissued despite the reglamentary period under the law.

“We are exhausting all remedies to keep the situation under control,” said Rivera. “We assure the public, especially our loyal customers, and our partners in business that we remain on top of this.”

She said Goldilocks was cooperating with the city government and police to uphold the rule of law and allow continued business operations. Joel E. Zurbano and Gigi Muñoz David

Dyornalistang binaligtad ang totoo

Dyornalistang binaligtad ang totoo

(Sagot sa kolum ni Horacio "Ducky" Paredes, Abante, Marso 18, 2010, pahina 4)

Kasinungalingan ang kolum ni Horacio Paredes. Ayon sa kanya, nanalo daw ang Buklod sa halalan at talo ang Bisig. Na kabaligtaran! Ito ang pinakalaman ng kanyang kolum. Ito ang angklahan ng lahat ng kanyang argumento laban sa mga welgista.

Sa journalism, ang kauna-unahang rule na dapat sundin ay objectivity of facts. Ibig sabihin, katotohanan lang. At ang facts na nakuha ay bini-verify muna ng ilang beses bago gamitin sa isang sulatin.

Saan kaya nakuha ni Paredes ang datos niya na panalo ang Buklod at talo ang Bisig? Nagresearch ba siya sa mga records ng BLR-DOLE na siyang nagconduct ng C.E.? Kung sana ay sinunod ni Paredes ang basic na itinuturo sa mga paaralan ng dyornalismo, disin sana'y nakita niya sa kanyang pag-iimbistiga na ang nanalo sa nakaraang halalan ay ang Bisig at di ang Buklod.

Pero sa tagal na ni Paredes sa dyornalismo, tinubuan na siya ng tahid dito. Alam na alam niya ang basic rule ng objectivity sa journalism. Pero bakit nagawa niyang baliktarin ang totoo?

Sinlaki ng mundo na question mark ang agad na papasok sa ating isipan kung bakit ang kabaligtaran ng katotohanan ang isinulat ni Paredes. Question mark na tutungo sa pag-iisip agad na nabayaran ng MALAKI ng Goldilocks manedsment itong si Paredes para birahin nang todo ang mga welgista at panigan ang kumpanya.

Pero kahit na ang sagadsaring maka-kapitalista na manunulat ay hindi talamak na isusulat na nanalo ang totoong natalo. Bakit sinabi ni Paredes at ginawang batayan ng lahat ng kanyang argumento na nanalo ang Buklod kahit totoong talo? At hindi ito ang isyu sa welga!

Matanda na kasi si Paredes. Tamad ng mag-isip. Iyan ay natural na tunguhin ng katawan at isip ng tao, depende sa lifestyle at body constitution na minana sa genes ng mga ninuno. Dapat ay nagpapahinga na siya sa tumba-tumba. Kulang pa ba ang naipon niyang payola ng mga kapitalista sa kanyang pagsusulat laban sa mga manggagawa hanggang sa kanyang pinal na pamamahinga?

Pero di yan gagawin ni Paredes. Sapagkat siya ay isa sa mga bangaw sa midya. Ang masmidyang naglilingkod sa mga kapitalista at sistemang kapitalismo. Maglilingkod yan sa mga kapitalista hanggang kamatayan! Gem de Guzman

Urgent Appeal - Re: Threat of force on Goldilocks union strike

http://www.tfdp.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153:philippines-threat-of-breaking-the-labor-union-strike-of-illegally-dismissed-workers-of-goldilocks-by-force-&catid=10:other-campaigns&Itemid=24

Urgent Action Appeal: Threat of breaking the labor union strike of illegally dismissed workers of Goldilocks by force

17 of March, 2010

Dear Friends,

The Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) requests your urgent action regarding a threat of breaking the labor union strike set-up by dismissed workers of Goldilocks-one of the largest bakeshops in the country, and to bring about a just solution for the illegal dismissal of 127 workers for conducting and participating in a supposed ‘illegal strike’ which apparently which took place on May 20 and 27, 2008.

BRIEF HISTORY/DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE

On April 16, 2008, The Bukluran ng Independyenteng Samahan na Itinatag sa Goldilocks (BISIG) workers’ union sent a letter to the management requesting the latter to commence the collective bargaining negotiation but the management ignored the said letter request. BISIG filed a Notice of Strike (NOS) dated April 24, 2008 on the issue of discrimination, harassments and other workers’ rights and welfare issues. On May 20, 2008, Goldilocks responded by filing a petition for assumption of jurisdiction or Certification for Compulsory Arbitration for the NOS. DOLE Undersecretary Lourdes Transmonte, then acting Secretary issued a Certificate Order dated May 26, 2008 certifying the labor dispute to the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) for compulsory arbitration. The said order was received by BISIG on May 29, 2008.

A Goldilocks representative and BISIG leaders entered into agreement at the National Conciliation And Mediation Board (NCMB) dated June 11, 2008 and agreed to await the intervention of DOLE Office of the Secretary and the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) in relation with the labor dispute. In addition, the union hereby withdraws the instant labor dispute for the sake of industrial peace.

On October 13, 2008, BISIG filed NOS this time around the grounds were as follows: 1. Unfair labor practice (Refusal to Bargain Collectively); 2. Illegal Suspension; 3. Unjust transfer of Goldilocks SM Cubao Branch to Provinces; 4. Discrimination (selective P13.00 wage increase); and others. On October 31, 2008, DOLE Secretary Mariano Roque certuified the NOS to a Compulsary Arbitration before the NLRC.

The certified Notice of Strike (NOS) was raffled to NLRC Sixth Division composed of Commissioner Nieves Vivar-de Castro (ponente), Commissioner Benedicto R. Palacol (Presiding Commissioner) and Commissioner Isabel G. Panganiban-Ortiguera.

On May 28, 2009, the NLRC came up with the decision penned by Commissioner Nieves Vivar-de Castro. The decision was promulgated as follows:

1. Ordering Goldilocks to commence collective bargaining negotiation with BUKLOD (another contesting workers’ union)
2. Sustaining the legality of the penalty of suspension on Wilson Dy and six other officers, leaders and members of BISIG-AGLO.
3. Declaring Joel Lachica (of BISIG) and four (4) others to have been validly dismissed from employment
4. Declaring the demonstration and picketing of more than 120 workers and employees after office hours and eight hours work conducted on May 20 and 27, 2008 to be illegal strike and imposing the following penalties:
a. For having participated in the illegal strikes, the 17 Union officers and Board members are deemed to have lost their employment.
b. For having committed illegal activities during illegal strikes, the one hundred four (104) Union members are deemed terminated from employment.
c. Ordering Goldilocks to grant financial assistance to the terminated Union members only in an amount equivalent to half month pay per year of service as a measure of social justice.

Mr. Teodorico Navea of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) labor center said that the decision negates the existence of the duly certified bargaining agent which is BISIG. He also laments the outright non recognition of the violations incurred by the Goldilocks Management. Furthermore, the decision affirms the management not guilty of any unfair labor practice well in fact the workers has a thorough documentation of company’s violations according to Navea.

Also, the workers noticed that a copy of the decision was only hand carried by an NLRC employee to the office of Miralles and Associates Law Office (lawyers of BISIG), a far cry from the NLRC tradition where decisions are being sent thru registered mail.

Another unjust decision made was on the case of illegal strike. The workers asked, to where did the NLRC found an illegal strike when no strike ever took place. Indeed, there were 3 attempts on the NOS but all these were assumed jurisdiction by the Office of the Secretary thereby averting the supposed strike to take place. They said that they only exercised their protest during break time hours and with that it did not constitute an illegal strike.

On February 8, 2010, the NLRC reaffirmed the dismissal of the 127 union members of the BISIG Labor Union. This time, the decision focused on the illegality of the strike (which never took place) that became the basis of the dismissal.

The dismissed workers push through their protest and currently holding a strike infront of the Goldilocks plant in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. According to them, the management is planning to break the union strike by force any time soon.

SUGGESTED ACTION

Please write letters to the concerned authorities below to:

1. Call their attention to uphold workers' Constitutional right to organize, collective bargaining and negotiations and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law;
2. Remind the National Labor Relations (NLRC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in their obligation to settle disputes between workers and employers including conciliation, and enforce mutual compliance to foster industrial peace.
3. Remind the authorities that forced dispersals of peaceful protest actions carried out without legal and other protections, are prohibited under domestic and international law.

Please urge the Philippine government by sending an appeal letter, e-mail or fax to the following addresses:
• H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic, New Executive Building, Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila 1005, Philippines. Fax: +632 736 10 10, Tel: +632 735 62 01 / 564 14 51 to 80; E-mail: corres@op.gov.ph / opnet@ops.gov.ph
• Hon. Leila De Lima, Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights, SAAC Bldg., UP Complex, Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines . Fax: +632 929 0102. Email: atty_delima@yahoo.com.ph
• Hon. Marianito D. Roque, Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), 7th Floor, DOLE Building, Intramuros, 1002 Manila, Philippines, Tel: +632 908 2917 loc. 701, 703, 704, 706, 707. osec@dole.gov.ph
• Hon. Gerardo Benjamin C. Nograles, Chairman and Presiding Commissioner, National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), 8/F PPSTA Bldg. IV, Banawe, Quezon City, Philippines. Tel: +362 740 7729
• Police Director General Eduardo Versoza, Chief, Philippine National Police, National Headquarters, Camp Crame, EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines. Tel: +632 9116213. Fax: +632 7248763

Contact Organization:

Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)
45 St. Mary Street, Cubao, Quezon City 1109, Philippines
telephone: (632) 4378054 / facsimile: (632) 9113643
email: tfdp1974@yahoo.com
website: www.tfdp.net

Apela sa Media mula sa Manggagawa ng Goldilocks

PAHAYAG

Marso 17, 2010

APELA sa MEDIA
mula sa Manggagawa ng Goldilocks

Kami po ay nakikusap sa mga myembro ng mass media na bigyan ng ispasyo ang posisyon ng unyon (BISIG-AGLO-BMP) sa nagaganap na labor dispute sa Goldilocks. Wala po kaming kapasidad na magpalathala sa mga pahayagan gaya ng paid-ad na inilabas ng Management sa Inquirer (PDI, March 16, A17).

Subalit - sa diwa ng kalayaan sa pamamahayag at balansyadong pag-uulat - umaasa kaming mapapagbigyan ang aming kahilingang marinig ng taumbayan ang aming panig, laluna ng mga tagatangkilik ng Goldilocks.

Humihingi kami ng pag-unawa sa mga regular na tagatangkilik ng Goldilocks. Kung walang suplay ng inyong mga paboritong produkto sa aming mga outlet, ito ay ibinunsod ng welga sa dalawang planta ng Goldilocks sa Mandaluyong simula noong Marso 11, 2010.

Hindi kami nagwelga para lamang guluhin ang operasyon ng Goldilocks tulad ng nais palabasin ng Management. Welga ang aming “huling opsyon” para matigil ang tanggalan sa pabrika na may layong (1) durugin ang unyong BISIG, at (2) palitan ang mga regular ng mas mura at mas maamong kontraktwal na empleyado.

Nagpasya kaming tumigil sa pagtatrabaho na isinasakripisyo ang sweldo na pambili ng arawang pagkain ng aming mga anak - sa layong ibalik sa trabaho ang 127 manggagawa na tinanggal ng kompanya noong Pebrero 8, 2010.

Ang mga tinanggal ay mga lider at aktibong kasapi ng aming unyon. Dahil dito, maliwanag para sa amin na ang tanggalang naganap ay iligal. Ito ay union busting. Isang unfair labor practice, na pinarurusahan ng batas at isa sa mga ligal na dahilan ng isang strike, ayon mismo sa ating Labor Code.

Ayon sa management, tinanggal daw ang mga manggagawa dahil sa patuloy na paglulunsad ng mga protesta sa harap ng mga planta ng Goldilocks na diumano'y “may pwersahang pagpigil sa mga delivery at pagharang sa mga empleyado na pumasok sa trabaho” (PDI, A17, 3/16/2010). Ito ay pawang kasinungalingan!

Bagamat hindi kami abogado. Alam namin ang aming karapatan. Nag-aral din kami ng Labor Code. Naglunsad kami ng “moving pickets” sa pagsapraktika ng Konstitusyunal na karapatan sa peaceful assembly upang ipahayag ang aming grievances sa kumpanya. Hindi namin hinarang ang malayang pagpasok at paglabas ng produkto dahil ito ay pagsagka sa “free ingress and egress”, na iligal sa timbangan ng batas.

Hindi biro ang magdesisyong magwelga. Pero nilubos na ng "lantay" na prosesong ligal o simpleng "labanang papel sa korte" ang aming pasensya kundi pati ang kumakalam na mga sikmura ng 127 manggagawang tinanggal sa trabaho. Humarap pa kami sa dalawang hearing ng NCMB (National Conciliation and Mediation Board) noong Pebrero 23 at 24. Subalit nagtetengang-kawali pa din ang Management.

Sabi ng Management, ang mga manggagawa raw ay tinanggal sa bisa ng naunang desisyon ng National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) noong Mayo 2009 (halos isang taon na ang nakaraan). Gusto nilang ipakitang sila ang nagmamagandang-loob dahil hindi nila kaagad na tinanggal ang mga manggagawa. Pero ito ay hindi kusang-loob kundi inobliga ng apela ng unyon (Motion for Reconsideration) sa NLRC.

Pero nang ipinagkait ng NLRC ang aming mosyon - at inangkas sa kaso ang gawa-gawang iligal strike, ibig sabihin, itinuring na welga ang aming “moving picket” - nagpasya kaming hindi na iapela ang desisyon ng NLRC sa Court Appeals hanggang sa Supreme Court. Sa kabila ng aming solidong posisyon, hindi kami kinatigan ng NLRC. Natutukso kaming magduda na ang Komisyon ay may “komisyon” mula sa Goldilocks Management.

Inasahan na namin ang ganitong desisyon ng NLRC. Kaya naman naobliga kaming pumili sa dalawang ligal na larangan: (a) ang pag-apela sa Court of Appeals hanggang sa Supreme Court, o (b) ang paglulunsad ng welga - na ginagarantiyahan ng Konstitusyon at ng Labor Code of the Philippines.

Sa dalawang opsyon, ang pinakamadali ay ang pag-apela sa Korte. Subalit mas matagal ang paghihintay ng resolusyon. Hindi ito ang pinili namin. Sapagkat inaasahan namin ang tuloy-tuloy pang pagtatanggal ng mga trabahador ng Goldilocks Management para makatipid sa labor costs at durugin ang BISIG-AGLO-BMP.

Mas komplikado at mas mahirap ang landas ng pagwewelga. Pero mas dito matitiyak namin ang tagumpay sa aming mga kahilingan sapagkat ang kinakailangan lamang tiyakin ay ang pagsuporta ng mga manggagawa upang matigil ang operasyon.

Mga kababayan! Hinihingi namin ang inyong simpatya't pag-unawa. Prayoridad din namin ang mga tagapagtangkilik ng Goldilocks. Pero hindi naman kalabisang ikunsidera namin ang aming sariling kapakanan - ang kasigurahan sa trabaho at karapatang mag-unyon at makipag-CBA na amin ding mga Konstitusyunal na karapatan.

Kung inyo pong mamarapatin, hiling namin na pansamantalang huwag tangkilikin ang Goldilocks upang maobliga ang Management na ibalik sa trabaho ang 127 manggagawa. Lalupa't pinangangambahan naming gagamit ito ng dahas laban sa aming welga. Hindi na bago ang ganitong ganting reaksyon ng Goldilocks Management. Sa welgang hinarap nito noong 1991, tatlong unyonista ang namatay at 6 ang sugatan nang paulanan ng bala ang picket line.

Pagpalain nawa tayo ng Poong Maykapal. Mabuhay ang uring manggagawa at sambayanang Pilipino!

Business Mirror News - Goldilocks’ workers strike over dismissal of 127 personnel

http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=33%3Aeconomy&id=22906%3Agoldilocks-workers-strike-over-dismissal-of-127-personnel-&Itemid=60

Goldilocks’ workers strike over dismissal of 127 personnel
Written by Dennis Estopace / Reporter, BUSINESS MIRROR
Friday, 12 March 2010 20:29

THE strained voice of union leader Butch Peña revealed the tension that clutched some 200 Goldilocks Bakeshop Inc. workers on strike at the company’s cake and food plant in Mandaluyong as they faced off some 30 policemen and a fire truck.

The face-off began after the workers staged a strike beginning 3 a.m. on Thursday at the two plants of the bakery and food manufacturer.

“We’re under a lot of pressure here. But we’ll defend the picket line as much as we can,” Peña told the BusinessMirror.

Peña said there are also a hundred workers at the company’s plant in Sta. Mesa, Manila, but who have been relatively out of the radar of the police as of press time. He explained they staged a strike after the company dismissed some 127 workers last month.

“The conciliatory negotiations collapsed,” Peña said in the vernacular, adding that the union suspected the dismissal of fellow workers begins the company’s move to hire contractual labor.

According to documents from the union Bukluran ng Independenteng Samahan na Itinatag sa Goldilocks (Bisig), the company requested the labor department that the recent and third notice of strike filed by Bisig be converted into preventive mediation.

“Part of their [management’s] manifestation states that ‘the management instructed the affected employees and victims of illegal mass dismissal to attend the livelihood seminar at the company’s office in Pacific Building in Ortigas instead of reporting for work at the plant in Shaw Boulevard.’”

The BusinessMirror called Goldilocks’ office but was only answered by an employee from the accounting department who said they were ordered to go home after lunch.

The two telephone numbers listed in the company’s report to the Securities and Exchange Commission also rang but no one answered.