The UnionBank Employees Association filed a petition for preventive mediation before the National Conciliation and Mediation board against Union Bank of the Philippines for the bank’s “apparent refusal” to meet the bargaining proposal of the union.
Preventive mediation cases refer to the potential labor disputes which are the subject of a formal or informal request for conciliation and mediation assistance sought by either the union or the employer or both parties, or upon the initiative of the NCMB to avoid the occurrence of actual labor disputes, including strikes and lockouts.
Pizarras, Gainza and Associates Law Offices, representing the UnionBank employees, said in a letter that the employees’ union on May 4, 2018, submitted its CBA proposal to the bank addressed to the president and chief executive officer Edwin Bautista.
“Despite its obligation mandated by the Labor Code, UnionBank failed and/or refused to submit its counter-proposal within 10 days from receipt of UBEA’s CBA proposal,” the letter said.
