he NEA in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) opened its two-day capacity building workshop

The NEA in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) opened its two-day capacity building workshop on Monday, 2 September 2024, for the union and management representatives of participating electric cooperatives (EC).

The activity stemmed from the recent pacts signed between the NEA and DOLE on improving negotiations between the EC management and their employees towards developing more effective and mutually acceptable collective bargaining agreements, among other issues.

NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda and Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma were present on Day 1 to deliver their respective messages at the Diamond Hotel in Roxas Boulevard, Manila. The event runs until Tuesday, 3 September 2024.

Also in attendance were NEA Deputy Administrators Atty. Omar Mayo (EC Management Services), Atty. Rossan Rosero-Lee (Legal Services), Atty. Vic Alvaro (Corporate Resources and Financial Services), Department Managers Atty. Alexander Paul Rivera (Institutional Development Department) and Jona Andal (Management Consultancy Services Office), MCSO Chief Aljohn Calapatia, Acting Division Manager May America, DOLE Assistant Secretary Atty. Lennard Constantine Serrano and Undersecretary Atty. Benedicto Ernesto Bitonio, Jr., among others.

The general managers, board presidents and union officials from the following ECs also attended the program: BILECO, BUSECO, CASURECO I and II, TARLECO I, DORELCO, FLECO, LEYECO II and V, NORECO I and II, MASELCO, NUVELCO, QUEZELCO I, SAMELCO II and SORECO II.

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