[APWSLMembers 39] An urgent report from TMPCWA

[Oidon]

Update on the present Situation:

On July 11, 2005, the office of the legal counsel of TMPCWA received the 
decision from the DOLE- Department of Labor and Employment granting the 
petition for certification election filed by the Toyota management 
sponsored union (Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Labor 
Organization). The news was also spreading very quickly inside the 
Toyota factory.

Before the decision of the Med-Arbiter was came out, there is an 
information from our key member inside that Dr. David Go, the Executive 
Vice President of Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation directing its LMC 
(Labor-Management Council) to gather the name list of all the members of 
TMPCWA on 8th of July 2005 and it also directing its LMC to prepare for 
the conduct of the election.

Behind the decision of the Department of Labor is part of a ready made 
design between the conspiracies and the connivance of 
TOYOTA-DOLE-LMC-TMPCLO to cover up the truth because the Toyota 
management was failed to destroy the genuine union of TMPCWA that 
advances genuine trade unionism in Toyota and continuously getting 
strong support from the rank and file workers.

Toyota management was seriously worried to the continuous support of the 
international solidarity of the workers that getting bigger and 
stronger. It was also afraid to the protest action of the international 
supporters of TMPCWA condemning the Philippine Toyota of not respecting 
the final ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that lifted the 
Injunction to start the negotiations with the union TMPCWA.

Toyota management was afraid if the ILO-International Labor Organization 
will enforce its recommendation to reinstate some 167 of the 233 
illegally dismissed members of TMPCWA, withdraw the fabricated criminal 
charges against the 18 officer and members of the union, to recognize 
the union and to start the negotiation with the union.

The Toyota management decided to speed up the decision at the same time 
during the event of the great political crisis happening in the county. 
It assumed that if the Philippine President will be oust to her post and 
the leadership under the new governance will weaken position of Toyota 
against the TMPCWA.

Although the TMPCWA will file an appeal, the union reading it that the 
Department of Labor and Employment will still push the conduct of 
Certification Election as mention earlier that it was a ready-made 
design of Toyota management.

If the Certification Election will be conducted and if the management 
sponsored union will win this election, all the victories and the 
hardships of TMPCWA for the past four years will become useless.

The Head office of Toyota in Japan wanted to finish the ongoing labor 
dispute until August that why the Capitalist Toyota speed up the dirty 
scheme to conduct of Certification.

TMPCWA is studying every possible means to be victorious in this design 
of the capitalist Toyota.
Possibilities:

In the decision of the DOLE, there are three options to choose by the 
workers if the certification election will continue.

1.Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Labor Organization (TMPCLO)
2.Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association (TMPCWA)
3.No Union

We are looking the possibility to join in the certification election. We 
wanted to prove to all the workers that if the TMPCWA will again win the 
Certification Election, the possibility is the Capitalist could still 
not accept and recognize the TMPCWA because the company does not want 
genuine trade unionism in the factory. It will be easier for them to 
arouse, organize and to mobilize if this will happened.

Under this situation, while the conniving forces join together and 
become busy gathering more signatures to campaign to vote for their 
yellow union. The company will push the issuance of the warrant of 
arrest to all the members of the union because the bail that we post 
last year was already lapsed. This tactic of the management we are 
looking now is possible to divide our attention in consolidating the 
members of our union and other workers inside.

Immediate possible action:

Send letter of protest to Philippine Toyota condemning the decision of 
the Department of Labor and Employment and instruct to "hands off" the 
decision, instead to respect the decision of the highest court of the 
Philippines to start negotiation with the TMPCWA and respect the ILO 
recommendation.

Send a letter of Protest to the Labor Department condemning not to 
entertain or to hold the proceedings of the certification of election.

You can also send your statement or flyers for the Philippine Toyota 
workers under the name of your organization that you believed and 
support the long battle of genuine struggle of TMPCWA in advancing 
genuine interest of the workers.  You can send it to us and we are the 
one to reproduce copies and distribute inside the factory. (We need some 
fund for it)

Distribute leaflets as many as we can at least 2 to 3 times a week to 
expose and oppose the dirty scheme of the capitalist and its connivance 
yellow leaders under its sponsored union starting next week.

That's why we are appealing to all the friends and the supporters of 
TMPCWA to extend your support of all means to overcome this situation.


Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association (TMPCWA)
Email: tmpcwa at edsamail.com.ph