DILG and NCMB Sponsor Conciliation-Mediation Training

LEGASPI CITY -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), Regional Offices in Bicol are jointly undertaking a Conciliation-Mediation Training from  July 26-28, 2006 at Mayon Spring Resort, Sto. Domingo, Albay.

        NCMB Bicol regional director Romulado B. Florante said the Training project resulted from the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the NCMB recognizing the important role of LGUs in the maintenance of industrial peace and harmony and the protection of workers’ rights and welfare for a progressive social and economic development.

        Florante said the MOA provides the guidelines in the promotion and strengthening of the voluntary modes of dispute prevention and settlement of labor problems, and require the LGUs to maintain a corps of qualified personnel to be trained as conciliator-mediator in their respective localities.

        The on-going Conciliation-Mediation Trainings is the first of its kind in the region, participants from unionized companies/establishments in the entire Bicol are likewise invited to attend especially Human Resource/Administrative managers, personnel officers and union presidents and/or officers.

        Empowering the clients and LGUs on conciliation-mediation processes and techniques is advantageous for the early settlement of labor disputes because at their end, they can adopt a single-team approach to better handle and manage the dispute in their respective locality, Florante stressed.

                                                                                                    RA Vargas, NCMB/PIA