A union of delivery riders on Tuesday staged a protest against the Labor department’s decision prohibiting it from bargaining with its employer, according to a labor group. READ:
A UNION of delivery riders on Tuesday staged a protest against the Labor departmentIn a statement, the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino said delivery riders and other labor groups called for the Department of Labor and Employment to address the plight of contractual workers and allow them to negotiate with their employers on such issues as wages and benefits.
It earlier granted the union’s petition to be recognized as certified “bargaining agents” of the delivery riders.“Online shopping and delivery service workers, such as Shopee drivers and riders, kept our economy and lives afloat during the pandemic,” Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino Chairperson Leodegario “Ka Leody” de Guzman said at the rally.
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