No-protest zones tying union’s hands, says CGWTU

The Con­trac­tors and Gen­er­al Work­ers Trade Union yes­ter­day said the State of Emer­gency’s no-protest zones have tied its hands, pre­vent­ing it from demon­strat­ing in front of the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion.

Pres­i­dent Gen­er­al Er­mine De Bique-Meade has ac­cused the City En­gi­neer of de­clar­ing “war” on the union af­ter al­leged­ly ex­clud­ing a shop stew­ard from a meet­ing at City Hall in­volv­ing work­ers in the weld­ing de­part­ment on Sep­tem­ber 9.

She said the shop stew­ard is al­so em­ployed in the weld­ing de­part­ment.