ANGELES CITY – Councilor Jesus “Jay” Sangil has asked a Clark Freeport locator to settle the alleged unremitted government benefits of 128 workers, most of whom are from this city.
In a letter to Mecca Manufacturing Philippines Inc. (MMPI) dated September 22, Sangil said “reports reaching my office, states that some 128 workers of MMPI have un-remitted Social Security System (SSS) and PhilHealth payments since April 7, 2007, based on data gathered by some the affected employees.”
“In connection with the above concern and as the chairman of the ecozone committee of the city council, I am appealing to you to settle appropriately their supposed unremitted contributions,” said Sangil in letter to MMPI President Noel Cunanan coursed through his human resources department head, Rowena Cabigting.
At least eight of the affected MMPI workers, five of whom are from this city, came to the office of Sangil yesterday to ask for assistance from the two-term councilor. They were Marvin Garcia, Raymond Yanus, Josephine Buan, Isabela Idol, Jerry Roxas, Joel Jimenez, Ricardo Lacsina and Edgar Castro.
They told Sangil said that Cunanan had not acted upon their complaint on his firm’s failure to remit SSS and PhilHealth contributions despite repeated pleas.
“Mr. Cunanan told us that he will settle our contributions once he gets his money,’ said the workers to Sangil in the dialect.
“In the meantime, we are the ones suffering as we can’t avail of our benefits for our family,” they added, disclosing that most of them had been deducted about P233 monthly for their respective SSS share.
The workers said they were asked by MMPI officials on Wednesday for an “amicable settlement” of the problem.
“They were offering us 25 percent of the unremitted SSS and PhilHealth contributions but we were asked to sign something. We refused,” they said.
“One of our co-workers failed to use his SSS and PhilHealth when he needed it most. He lost his father without being able to avail of the benefits,” said an MMPI worker.
The MMPI’s attempt to settle the problem with their workers came after Sangil discussed the issue over a radio program on Wednesday.
Sangil urged the workers “to fight for their rights as their family need their benefits.”
Punto tried but failed to get the statements of the MMPI through its landline numbers – (045) 599-2200 and 897-4092. No one was answering their telephones.
In a letter to Mecca Manufacturing Philippines Inc. (MMPI) dated September 22, Sangil said “reports reaching my office, states that some 128 workers of MMPI have un-remitted Social Security System (SSS) and PhilHealth payments since April 7, 2007, based on data gathered by some the affected employees.”
“In connection with the above concern and as the chairman of the ecozone committee of the city council, I am appealing to you to settle appropriately their supposed unremitted contributions,” said Sangil in letter to MMPI President Noel Cunanan coursed through his human resources department head, Rowena Cabigting.
At least eight of the affected MMPI workers, five of whom are from this city, came to the office of Sangil yesterday to ask for assistance from the two-term councilor. They were Marvin Garcia, Raymond Yanus, Josephine Buan, Isabela Idol, Jerry Roxas, Joel Jimenez, Ricardo Lacsina and Edgar Castro.
They told Sangil said that Cunanan had not acted upon their complaint on his firm’s failure to remit SSS and PhilHealth contributions despite repeated pleas.
“Mr. Cunanan told us that he will settle our contributions once he gets his money,’ said the workers to Sangil in the dialect.
“In the meantime, we are the ones suffering as we can’t avail of our benefits for our family,” they added, disclosing that most of them had been deducted about P233 monthly for their respective SSS share.
The workers said they were asked by MMPI officials on Wednesday for an “amicable settlement” of the problem.
“They were offering us 25 percent of the unremitted SSS and PhilHealth contributions but we were asked to sign something. We refused,” they said.
“One of our co-workers failed to use his SSS and PhilHealth when he needed it most. He lost his father without being able to avail of the benefits,” said an MMPI worker.
The MMPI’s attempt to settle the problem with their workers came after Sangil discussed the issue over a radio program on Wednesday.
Sangil urged the workers “to fight for their rights as their family need their benefits.”
Punto tried but failed to get the statements of the MMPI through its landline numbers – (045) 599-2200 and 897-4092. No one was answering their telephones.
