Protest vs union busting at Korean-owned Cavite factory

MEDIA ADVISORY

April 1, 2016

Contact: Dennis Sequena @ 09301803072

Protest vs union busting at Korean-owned Cavite factory

WHAT: Protest against union busting at Korean-owned factory

WHEN: Today, April 1, 2016, 11:00 a.m. onwards

WHERE: Seung Yeun Technology Industries Corp., Cavite ecozone, Rosario, Cavite

DETAILS: Twenty two workers of Seung Yuen Technology Industries Corp. (SYTIC), majority of whom are elected union officers and the rest union members, have been retrenched in a blatant attempt at union busting in the country’s biggest export zone, the Cavite ecozone in the town of Rosario. Workers will launch their protest starting at 11:00 a.m., escalate into a lunch break noise barrage and continue for the rest of the day.

The workers have recently formed a union in an effort to address workplace problems including violations of labor standards.  Among the most egregious violations are that part of their wages are not paid in cash but in the form of meals, non-payment of overtime due to an illegal compressed workweek schedule and the lack of a company nurse, doctor and hospital bed.

SYTIC is a Korean-owned plastics company that is part of the electronics industry supply chain. The two biggest customers of SYTIC are ON Semiconductor Philippines Inc. in Carmona, Cavite and Analog Devices General Trias Inc. in the Gateway Business Park in General Trias, Cavite. Both are local subsidiaries of US multinational companies.