The House Committee on Labor and Employment has been urged to investigate alleged labor practices implemented by NutriAsia that led workers to set up a picket protest in early June.
The Makabayan bloc on Wednesday filed House Resolution 1974, to probe “labor-only contracting, union busting, illegal dismissal of 75 employees, and other violations of workers’ rights in NutriAsia, Inc.”
As stated in the resolution, only 100 of the 1,500 workers in the NutriAsia plant in Marilao, Bulacan were regularized. It was also noted some workers remained contractual despite being employed for over ten years.
The Department of Labor and Employment had already issued a compliance order in February 2018, which the company reportedly ignored. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

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