Based on information emanating from the Alliance of Yokohama Employees (AYE) and the Alliance of Yokohama Supervisors (AYS), both have won as the SEBA of Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc. (YTPI) representing the rank and file and supervisory employees respectively last February 15 and 16.
The long-awaited election was supervised by the DOLE among 1,797 registered employees belonging to the rank and file and 278 supervisors. There were 1,452 rank and file employees who voted in favor of the union and 138 for the supervisors.
Both unions are affiliated with the Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO) which is the biggest labor federation in the Philippines with more than 100 affiliates.
YTPI is the biggest tire manufacturing facility in the Philippines with a production capacity of almost 30,000 tires per day and employs around 3,000 to date.
“We will further improve working conditions inside the manufacturing plant and focus more on improving employee compensation especially to senior employees. We will also communicate to the management to work as partners for development,” one of the union officers said in a statement.
