CAVITE PROVINCE - Barely six months after a failed ambush of EMI-Yazaki Workers’ Union president Gerry Cristobal, his successor was killed Monday morning just outside the company in Imus town in Cavite province, southwest of Manila, the International Labor and Solidarity Mission Philippines reported.
It said labor leader and organizer Jesus Butch Servida just came out from Gate 2 of EMI-Yazaki when motorcycle men, armed with .45-caliber pistols, shot and killed him.
Two of his co-workers were also wounded. Joel Sali and a still unidentified companion were brought to the hospital. The motive of the attack was unknown, but militant groups blamed authorities for the killing.
Servida assumed presidency of the 7,000-strong EMI-Yazaki Workers’ Union after the failed assassination of union president Gerry Cristobal on May 1.Cristobal was later terminated from his job for a still unknown reason.
The militant group, Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK-KMU or Solidarity of Workers in Southern Tagalog), condemned Servida’s killing and the attack on 2 other unionists.
“The government has done nothing to look into the matter of all these killings of union leaders and members. Ironically, it has even gone worse in the past weeks and months,” said Luz Baculo, PAMANTIK secretary-general.
The group accused the police and military as behind the shooting. Officials were not immediately available to dispute the allegations.
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