Saturday, July 14, 2012

Journalist union supports RMN mediamen on strike

Friday, July 13, 2012

THE National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said it supports the RMN-Davao Employees Union (RDEU) as they wage a strike to push their just demands for better pay and working conditions.

The RDEU strike came after almost two years of fending off management?s attempts to deprive the union of recognition and then spurning negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement.

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If anything, the RDEU has shown uncommon patience in the face of management?s callousness to the workers? just demands that it took them this long to finally mount their strike.

What the RDEU is asking for ? a total of P99,000 monthly in wage increases for all workers, plus improved benefits ? is but a drop in RMN Davao?s P24-million monthly earnings.

?It is clear that sheer greed is behind RMN?s refusal to sit down with the workers to discuss their demands. We call on all journalists to stand by our colleagues in the RDEU and to follow their example by organizing and likewise demand their due,? the NUJP said.

It also waged a call on all media companies to look after the welfare of their workers and provide them with humane compensation and working conditions, as well as assure their safety on risky coverage.

?The measure of a free press is not only in its ability to freely deliver accurate and timely information to the people, something that Filipino journalists and media workers have never stopped doing despite the physical threats and economic deprivations they face, but when those who work in media can do so free of fear for their safety and well-being,? the NUJP added.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on July 14, 2012.

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