LEU all set for elections 05-10-02

	NORDIS WEEKLY October 2, 2005
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LEU all set for elections
MANKAYAN, Benguet (Sep. 29) — Following the lifting of the more than three-month long labor strike in the giant mining firm Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto) here, the mineworkers are preparing to elect their new set of union officers to replace the19 officers who were terminated from employment during the strike. According to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which resolved the strike, the terminated officers shall be responsible for the leadership turnover by way of a local election. At least two groups of candidates will be contending for the executive committee and board of directors of the Lepanto Employees Union-National Federation of Labor Union-Kilusang Mayo Uno (LEU-NAFLU-KMU). According to Ninian Lang-agan, the outgoing president of the LEU-NAFLU-KMU, the union has chosen its line up to fill up the positions the dismissed officers vacated. The management is expected to field its candidates but LEU is equally determined to maintain its leadership. Lang-agan said that the people they are choosing to lead the union in the next three years have passed the union’s criteria of a ‘good leader’. He added that these leaders have showed commitment and leadership for the union and sympathy to the strike. A union officer should also have a good display of volunteerism and an unwavering willingness to serve the working class. The union is expected to submit a Notice of Election to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on October 1, 2005. Interested union leaders will file their candidacy on October 3 to 4. The contenders will be allowed to campaign on October 5 to 7. The election will be on October 8. Elective officers are the eight members of the executive committee and 17 board of directors. The local election serves as consolidating activity for workers to display and strengthen their unity on worker’s rights. Along with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Certification Election, the local election is one of the union tools to assert their collective rights and an exercise of union democracy. The 1,685-strong LEU went on a strike following a deadlock on their on June 2. The strike ended on September 10 with the signing of a MOA between the management of Lepanto and the union. # Leonida E. Tundagui/KMU-Cordillera
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	NORDIS WEEKLY October 2, 2005
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LEU all set for elections
MANKAYAN, Benguet (Sep. 29) — Following the lifting of the more than three-month long labor strike in the giant mining firm Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto) here, the mineworkers are preparing to elect their new set of union officers to replace the19 officers who were terminated from employment during the strike. According to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which resolved the strike, the terminated officers shall be responsible for the leadership turnover by way of a local election. At least two groups of candidates will be contending for the executive committee and board of directors of the Lepanto Employees Union-National Federation of Labor Union-Kilusang Mayo Uno (LEU-NAFLU-KMU). According to Ninian Lang-agan, the outgoing president of the LEU-NAFLU-KMU, the union has chosen its line up to fill up the positions the dismissed officers vacated. The management is expected to field its candidates but LEU is equally determined to maintain its leadership. Lang-agan said that the people they are choosing to lead the union in the next three years have passed the union’s criteria of a ‘good leader’. He added that these leaders have showed commitment and leadership for the union and sympathy to the strike. A union officer should also have a good display of volunteerism and an unwavering willingness to serve the working class. The union is expected to submit a Notice of Election to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on October 1, 2005. Interested union leaders will file their candidacy on October 3 to 4. The contenders will be allowed to campaign on October 5 to 7. The election will be on October 8. Elective officers are the eight members of the executive committee and 17 board of directors. The local election serves as consolidating activity for workers to display and strengthen their unity on worker’s rights. Along with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Certification Election, the local election is one of the union tools to assert their collective rights and an exercise of union democracy. The 1,685-strong LEU went on a strike following a deadlock on their on June 2. The strike ended on September 10 with the signing of a MOA between the management of Lepanto and the union. # Leonida E. Tundagui/KMU-Cordillera
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