Jenny Marcos was a leading activist for the Peninsula Employees Union, the union representing workers at the luxury Manila Peninsula Hotel, when in January of this year she was sacked and two of her colleagues suspended. Their ‘crime’ was to negotiate for better working conditions, like the use of a cart when cleaning rooms, as well as to gain secure employment for over 400 casual employees. The workers at the hotel are now about to undertake industrial action because management has continued to campaign against better working conditions and the union itself. The IUF has now initiated an international campaign in support of these workers.
Jenny Marcos was a leading activist for the Peninsula Employees Union, the union representing workers at the luxury Manila Peninsula Hotel, when in January of this year she was sacked and two of her colleagues suspended. Their ‘crime’ was to negotiate for better working conditions, like the use of a cart when cleaning rooms, as well as to gain secure employment for over 400 casual employees. The workers at the hotel are now about to undertake industrial action because management has continued to campaign against better working conditions and the union itself. The IUF has now initiated an international campaign in support of these workers.
