Union Pickets Dswd Inauguration Of New Facility In Tanay

The national union of the employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) picketed today the inauguration of the newly built DSWD Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal (beside Camp Capinpin) to protest the on-going transfer and deactivation of the Golden Acres in Quezon City. Vice President Noli de Castro was the main guest of the said inauguration.

Leaders of the Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP) from the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao conducted their protest action outside the gates of the new DSWD facility and near the gates of Camp Capinpin in Tanay. Soldiers and policemen outnumbered the protesters and a small commotion occurred. But after some negotiation the protesters were eventually allowed to hold a program until Vice President de Castro's convoy of vehicles passed through the gate going to the inauguration.

Union Raise Alarm Over Forced Transfer of Golden Acres Residents And Employees

April 27, 2010

References: Mon Loza, National President, SWEAP-DSWD, Mob.Phone No. 09209381014
Manny Baclagon, Spokesperson, Mob.Phone No. 09065798359

The national union of the employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today raised their concerns over the on-going transfer of the Golden Acres, its resident lolos and lolas, the staff and employees to Tanay, Rizal. Last April 16, the DSWD started to transfer 29 elderly residents and 8 contract of service workers from the Golden Acres Home for the Aged in Bago Bantay, Quezon City (at the back of SM North) to the newly built Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal (beside Camp Capinpin).