SAN PEDRO CITY — Violence erupted at the factory of condiment-maker NutriAsia in Cabuyao City in Laguna province after “hundreds” of workers went on strike Saturday morning. At 10 a.m., policemen began to disperse protesting workers and arrested “no less than ten leaders” of the workers’ union, said Laguna police chief Col. Eleazar Matta in a phone interview. Marasigan said the office of the labor secretary, however, reversed this decision, but the labor union, Kasapina-Olalia has a pending motion. The police said the rock pelting “came from inside” the workers’ ranks. In August 2018, a workers’ strike at NutriAsia in Bulacan also ended in a violent dispersal.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2019 03:22 UTC