Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 323, November 2000

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 72. During its previous examination of this case in June 1999 [see 316th Report, paras. 72-74], the Committee had urged the Government to ensure that a certification election demanded by members of the Cebu Mitsumi Employees' Union (CMEU), was conducted immediately in the Cebu Mitsumi enterprise in Danao City, especially in view of the fact that the then newly established CMEU had filed a petition for a certification election in February 1994, which had been signed by almost all rank-and-file workers of the enterprise [see 302nd Report, paras. 405-408].
2. 73. In a communication dated 17 August 2000, the Government states that, on 26 June 2000, the Regional Office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued the following order concerning the conduct of a certification election at the Cebu Mitsumi enterprise: "Wherefore, this Office hereby orders the conduct of the certification election in one (1) setting starting at 8.00 o'clock in the morning of 14 September 2000 and ending at 5.00 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, provided, that if there will be qualified voters in the premises who will manifest their intention to vote, the voting shall be extended beyond 5.00 o'clock in the afternoon until all such voters shall have cast their votes. Canvassing will immediately follow. The Election Officer shall device a system for the orderly and peaceful voting of those who intend to vote after 5.00 o'clock in the afternoon of the election day. The parties are hereby directed to extend their full cooperation and support."
3. 74. The Committee takes note of this information. It trusts that the new certification election will be held with all the assurances of impartiality and non-interference and requests the Government to keep it informed of the outcome thereof.