Transport firms hit for barring drivers from voting 05/11/2010

Transport firms hit for barring drivers from voting

05/11/2010 Labor party-list group Federation of Free Workers (FFW) scored transport companies for preventing their drivers from participating in yesterday’s first automated national elections and exercise their right to vote. “This is unacceptable! May 10 was declared a holiday precisely to give everyone, including drivers and transport workers the opportunity to make their voices heard,” Julius Cainglet, spokesman of the FFW, said. According to the FFW, they received complaints from drivers and transport workers who were told not to miss a single minute at work on Election Day. Cainglet said some transport companies have either required their employees to report for work covering the election period from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; or were given directives to remit their “boundaries” regardless if they report for work or not. “Employers who prohibit or prevent their employees from voting are guilty of an election offense under our Election laws,” Cainglet said.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100511nat6.html

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