STRIKE

SITUATIONER Preliminary Report

As of August 7, 2007

ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS

Two (2) work stoppages were declared during the first week of August of 2007. Total number of work stoppages handled as of this period summed up to four (4) cases including the carry-over case from 2006. No work stoppage was experienced during the same period last year.

Three (3) work stoppages have been declared since January. This number is 67% lower than the nine (9) actual strikes recorded from January to August last year. Workers affected likewise decreased by 69% from 949 to 292.

Mandays lost was computed at 4,528 compared to 25,877 during the same period last year.

The strikes at Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center Foundation (NCR) and Chiyoda Integre Philippines Incorporated (RB IV-A) declared during the first week of August involved unfair labor practice (ULP) with 130 and 108 affected workers, respectively. These strikes were disposed during the first week of August. On August 7, 2007, the labor dispute at Dr. Fe del Mundo Medical Center Foundation was assumed jurisdiction by the Secretary while the labor dispute at Chiyoda Integre Philippines Inc. was amicably settled last August 3, 2007.

NOTICES OF STRIKE/LOCKOUT

Nine (9) new cases of notices of strike/lockout were filed during the first week of August this year. Total NS/L cases since January totaled to 228, 3% higher than the 221 cases filed during the same period last year. The new cases involved 42,859 workers compared to 48,480 last year, a decline of 12%.

Of the cases filed this year, issues of alleged unfair labor practice acts were present in 157 cases, while 57 were on grounds of deadlock in bargaining negotiations. Fourteen (14) cases raised both the issues of unfair labor practice and bargaining deadlock.

Four (4) notices of strike/lockout were amicably settled during the first week of August:

Manila Memorial Park and Cemetry Inc. (2 cases) NCR

Mapua Institute of Technology

Toyo-Ink Compounds Corporation RB IV-A

Disposition rate for the first week of August was recorded at 79%. Settlement rate, is 71%, higher by 6% from the 64% registered during the same period last year.

        As of August 7, 2007, 58 notices are still ongoing conciliation-mediation.

PREVENTIVE MEDIATION

Eight (8) new preventive mediation cases, on the other hand, were filed for the first week of August. Since January, cases filed as preventive mediation were registered at 313 or 17% lower than the 376 cases filed a year ago. Workers involved in the new PM cases also declined at 67,484 compared to 85,864 last year.

Of the 313 total cases filed, 278 involved unfair labor practices. Deadlock in collective bargaining, mostly on economic issues, were raised in 20 cases. Fifteen (15) cases raised both ULP and BD.

As of August 7, 2007, 74 preventive mediation cases remain the subjects of ongoing conciliation-mediation proceedings.

REYNALDO R. UBALDO

Executive Director IV

8 August 2007