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We, the undersigned, support the ongoing strike of the workers of the Kowloon Restaurant in West Avenue, Quezon City. We support the strike as a legitimate way for the workers to defend their rights, in the face of a Restaurant Management that has violated minimum wage laws, and a National Labor Relations Commission that does not base its decisions on the Law it is supposed to uphold. We support the workers in their call for the Management to follow minimum wage laws. As of present, the minimum wage for workers in the National Capital Region is at P382. Yet, before the workers held picket-protests last June 20-21, the 2 most recent wage hikes (amounting to P82) were not being implemented by the Management. We support the workers in their call for the National Labor Relations Commission to reverse its decision calling the picket-protests an “illegal strike”. The Labor Code clearly states that a strike is a “disruption of operations”. Yet, the pickets were held outside the workers’ work hours, and away from the entrances of the Restaurant. This decision is the supposed legal basis for firing all 73 workers who are members of their union. We support the workers in calling for the reinstatement all 73 of them who were fired for simply exercising their rights to free speech and peaceful assembly, rights that are enshrined in our Constitution. We call on the Department of Labor and Employment, and other concerned Government agencies, to investigate and take action on the following: the Management’s violation of the minimum wage (including paying all its contractual employees a minimum daily wage of P250), the unjust decision of the NLRC, the illegal termination of the 73 workers, and the presence of policemen that violate the Labor Code’s banning of policemen and military within 50 meters of any picket line. MOST IMPORTANTLY, we urge all our fellow Filipinos to support the strike of the Kowloon workers by boycotting the Kowloon Restaurant until the Management reinstates the 73 workers, and pays them the Minimum Wage that is mandated by law. We urge everyone to sign this petition and forward it to everyone they know, until it reaches concerned authorities. Signed,
1. Will Ann Mardo / UPD-NCPAG / Lead Convener, Solidarity 125-UP Diliman
2. Ma. Carmela Julita Lagang / UPD-CSWCD / Lead Convener, Solidarity 125-UP Diliman; University Student Council
3. Gem Garcia / UPD-CMC / redbutterfly766.multiply.com / Chairperson, ANAKBAYAN-UP Diliman
4. Ma. Vida Malaya / UPD-CSWCD / ANAKBAYAN-UPD
5. Menard Seguenza / UPD-CAL / College of Arts and Letters Student Council, Sigma Kappa Pi Fraternity
6. Julian Makilan / UPD-CHE / Secretary General, Alay Sining
7. Anna Katrina Tejero / UPD-CMC / tejjy.multiply.com / ANAKBAYAN-UPD
8. Soraya Escandor / 8703aiaaia.multiply.com / UPD-CE / ANAKBAYAN-UPD
9. Yasmin Ongay / UPD-CSWCD / UP Muslim Students Association
10. Faye delos Santos / UPD-CEd / fayeroahspeaks.multiply.com
11. Kamz Deligente / UPM-CAS / ASAP-KATIPUNAN, Kasama sa UP Executive Vice-Chair
12. Jigs Tenorio / UPM-CAS / Chairperson, College of Arts and SCIENCES Student Council
13. Erica Chester Bucog / UPM-CAS / Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan
14. Rafael Antonio Dulce / UPD-CSWCD / redstudentswill.multiply.com / National Vice-Chair, ANAKBAYAN; University Student Council 07-08
15. Rex Nepomuceno / UPD-KAL / ANAKBAYAN
16. Jay del Rosario / UPM-CAS / lucasusf.multiply.com / Chairman, Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan - UPM , CAL SC 07-08
17. Arianne Johan Catsao / UPM-CAS / ariannejohan.multiply.com / Anakbayan
18. Adam Gorospe / UPD-CSWCD / shinhikaru.multiply.com / Vice President, UP Methodist Student Movement; Batch 7A Representative, UP Daluyong
19. Mennie Ruth Viray / UPD -SLIS Student Council / Sigma Delta Pi Sorority
20. Ansherina Grace Talavera / UPD-NCPAG / ANAKBAYAN-UPD / lostjedi.multiply.com / Chairperson, PULSE-NCPAG
21. Jason Listana Prila / UP-ARKI /up harong, up explore
22. E L L B / UPD-CSSP / Alay Sining
23. F E B T / UPD-CSSP / Propaganda Officer 07-08, Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND-UP)
24. F A B T / UPD-CAL / binbinized.multiply.com / Alay Sining
25. Karen Elec Lapitan/ UP Los Baños/ Center for Nationalist Studies
26. Trixie Dauz/ UPD-CAL / muzstay4u.multiply.com / UP Theater Council, UP JMA
27. Rayna Reyes/ ADMU-SOH/ vihuela.multiply.com
28. Alfred Compra Jr. / Ateneo de Davao University / Secretary General SAMAHAN Student Council, Davao Coordinator of Nat'l Union of Students of the Philippines
29. Dakila Kim P. Yee/UPD-CSSP/ VC Socio-Civic Affairs UP PRAXIS/ sigma kappa pi
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