DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT: TUCP PRESIDENT IS DEMOCRITO T. MENDOZA 
TUCP welcomes DOLE Order for Special Convention to elect officers 
(Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer September 4, 2012) 
In a decision issued by the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) of the 
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Aquino government 
upheld the Presidency of Atty. Democrito T. Mendoza over the Trade 
Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). The BLR ruling stemmed over 
the disputed leadership of the largest labor center in the Philippines 
between its erstwhile longtime leader, Atty. Democrito T. Mendoza and 
Mr. Ernesto F. Herrera. The BLR ruled that the parties to the dispute 
must revert to the status quo ante whereby the President of the TUCP 
is Atty. Democrito T. Mendoza. The DOLE ruling also called for the 
holding of a special TUCP Convention to elect new officers. 
This affirmation by the Government of the Presidency over TUCP of 
Atty. Democrito T. Mendoza is a welcome development and lays to rest 
the spurious, self-serving claim of Mr. Ernesto F. Herrera. Eighty 
percent (80%) of TUCP affiliates kept faith that the DOLE-BLR decision 
would uphold our stand that Atty. Mendoza remains our TUCP President. 
Even the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Joel 
Rocamora and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority 
(TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva expressed their recognition 
of Atty. Democrito T. Mendoza as the TUCP President. 
We look forward to the holding of the Special Convention where we 
intend to invite observers from the International Labor Organization 
(ILO), the Global Union Federations (GUFs) and the International Trade 
Union Confederation (ITUC) to witness the election of new TUCP 
officers. We have no fear of going through these elections as we know 
we have the numbers and we fully intend to overcome a discredited 
pretender associated in the public mind with contractualization and 
pandering to employers. 
Mr. Ernesto F. Herrera should abandon the pretense that he is the TUCP 
President or that he should even presume to speak for workers. That is 
a cheap masquerade. We believe however there is a technicality that 
will prevent Mr. Herrera from even attempting to challenge Atty. 
Mendoza for the TUCP Presidency. Mr. Herrera has been expelled from 
the Associated Labor Unions – TUCP (ALU-TUCP) leadership for his 
disloyalty as he was already representing another federation, the 
Alyansa ng Manggagawang Pilipinong Organisado (AMAPO) as its 
President. Bureau of Labor Relations records reveal an almost 
non-existent membership in AMAPO. 
The status quo ante order of the Bureau of Labor Relations is the 
first step in ending this inane and irresponsible power grab of Mr. 
Herrera. TUCP with the Associated Labor Unions – VIMCONTU 
(ALU-VIMCONTU), Associated Labor Union for Metal Workers (ALU-Metal), 
Associated Labor Union for Textile Workers (ALU-Textile), Associated 
Labor Union for Transport Workers (ALU-Transport), Association of 
Trade Unions (ATU), Associated Professional, Supervisory, Office and 
Technical Employees Union (APSOTEU), Confederation of Labor and Allied 
Social Services (CLASS), Kapisanan ng mga Kawani ng Koreo sa Pilipinas 
(KKKP), National Union of Portworkers in the Philippines (NUPP), 
Pambansang Kilusan ng Paggawa (KILUSAN), Philippine Airlines Employees 
Association (PALEA), Philippine Government Employees Association 
(PGEA), Philippine Seafarers Union (PSU), Philippine Trade and General 
Workers Organization (PTGWO), Philippine Integrated Industries Labor 
Union (PIILU) and the Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority – Association of Concerned Employees (TESDA-ACE) are solidly 
behind Atty. Mendoza. In the TUCP Special Convention to elect new 
officers, our candidates - who are truly pro-worker - will prevail. 
(Based on BLR Order No. TR-21-4-27-12 dated 10 August 2012) 
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INTERVIEWS, CONTACT: 
Alan A. Tanjusay, ALU Policy Advocacy Officer 
Mobile Phone: +63.947.683.1325 / Landline: (63-2) 922.5575 local 122 
/ Email: associatedlaborunions@gmail.com 
Office Address: TUCP-PGEA Compound Maharlika corner Masaya Streets, 
UP Village Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines