PRESS RELEASE
7 MARCH 2005
CONTACT NO.: 5279806/5273421
NCMB PAID TRIBUTE TO YOUNG,
WELCOME CACDAC
Officials
and staff of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) paid tribute
to Acting Executive Director Romeo A. Young in simple turn-over rites held at
the Seamen’s Center on March 4, 2005 as he was appointed Assistant Secretary
(ASEC) for Policy and Program Support effective March 7, 2005.
Acting
Executive Director Young joined the NCMB in August 2003 after his 6-year stint
as Labor Attache of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office with post in
He
is well loved by the staff because he looks after their welfare, taking an
extra mile to help them. He has
established rapport with the NCMB family easily within the short time he has
with the Board. During the turn over
ceremony, the officials, regional directors and staff acknowledged his kindness
and dedicated leadership at the NCMB.
It
was during his term that the NCMB further trimmed the incidence of work
stoppages to just 25 in 2004 as the Board continues to promote harmonious,
equitable and stable employment relations and ensure prompt responses to all
labor-management disputes and work towards their early and amicable
settlement. He is positive that the NCMB
will continue to be the “center of excellence” in the field of labor relations.
In
the same ceremony, Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) Director Hans Leo J. Cacdac
was warmly welcomed as the youngest and amiable new Executive Director of the
NCMB, succeeding ASEC Young. In his
short speech, he assured that he will do his best and will continue to pursue
the programs of the government aimed at maintaining industrial peace. He encouraged everyone to share with their issues
and concerns, proposals and endeavors which are deemed significant and
worthwhile to address.
Executive
Director Cacdac’s wide-ranged training, educational background and experiences
on labor laws and labor relations will in no doubt give him the capability to
perform his new assignment at the NCMB.
Prior
to his appointment as Executive Director of NCMB, Director Cacdac was connected
with the BLR from March 2001. Since 1998
up to the present, he is a professor of Labor Law at the Ateneo de Manila University School of
Law. He was associate lawyer and
coordinator of the Urban Poor Unit of the Sentro ng Alternatibong Linhap
Panligal (SALIGAN) from 1994-1998 and 1998-2001, respectively.
From
1989 to 1993, he earned his Juris Doctor at the Ateneo de Manila
University. In 1996, he took courses in
European Union Law and English at the
NCMB
is in the hands of another capable Executive Director.
