DOLE Holds Appreciation Course on Labor
Dispute
Prevention and Settlement for PEZA
Managers
“Industrial peace is not the absence
of conflict or dispute but rather, peace rises out from the ability of all
parties concerned to deal constructively with change and differing goal”
This is the premise laid down by
NCMB-OIC Reynaldo R. Ubaldo as he opened the special
course given by NCMB to 25 zone managers from different areas under the Philippine
Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
The 4-day course was in line with
the recently concluded memorandum of agreement between the DOLE and PEZA the
aimed at improving investment climate, coordination and maintaining industrial
peace within the economic zones. The zone managers learned about labor
management cooperation, grievance handling, voluntary arbitration, management
prerogatives, union representation issues, latest jurisprudence on labor,
conflict management, and conciliation-mediation. The training aims to equip
them with knowledge, skills and proper attitudes to manage labor relations in
their zones.
The DOLE resource persons led by
NCMB OIC Reynaldo R. Ubaldo, BLR Director Rebecca C. Chato and BWC Director Brenda Villafuerte,
encouraged the zone managers to promote the DOLE’s
services to their zone locators or investors,
especially workplace cooperative and non-adversarial mechanisms. This is in compliance with the Philippine Labor Code as amended and
give substance to constitutional policies on labor relations.
The zone managers completed about 30
training hours of lectures including case studies and role playing on conflict management
and conciliation-mediation. The training was held at the PEZA Head Office in