Eat lechon, get fired

Two Mindanao-based broadcasters have haled before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) the owner of the radio station from where they were sacked for eating lechon (roasted pork) sent by a city mayor.

The Mindanao Gold Star Daily reported that the broadcasters were fired for “misbehavior” after allegedly being berated by the radio station’s owner as being “patay-gutom” for partaking of the roasted pig that was intended for the owners of the radio station and not its employees.

The two broadcasters have filed illegal dismissal charges against their erstwhile boss, with the NLRC regional office 10 scheduling an “amicable settlement” meeting between the two parties on Sept. 14.

The broadcasters said the man who delivered the lechon made it very clear that the lechon was for the radio station staff who had covered a town fiesta.

The Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) and the local chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the reason for the dismissal was “unacceptable.” –End-

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