[Statement] TAG slams GMA-7’s slow response after news staff tests positive for COVID-19

TAG SLAMS GMA-7’S SLOW RESPONSE AFTER NEWS STAFF TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 The Talents Association of GMA (TAG) slams GMA Network’s slow response after confirming with multiple insiders that a newsroom staff has tested positive for the coronavirus in confirmatory PCR tests. Accordingly, workers from the GMA News and Public Affairs Department who had close […]

[Statement] TAG Statement on Congress’ Denial of ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal

Labis na ikinalulungkot at ikinababahala ng mga kasapi ng Talents Association of GMA Network (TAG) ang hindi pag-renew sa prangkisa ng ABS-CBN. (READ: [News] TAG Statement on the ABS-CBN Shutdown) Sa kabila ng maraming panawagan, isinantabi ng 70 mambabatas ang posibilidad na mawalan ng kabuhayan ang 11,000 na kawani ng kumpanya, habang nasa gitna tayo […]

[News] TAG asks Congress to be fair in ABS-CBN franchise hearing

PANAWAGAN SA MGA MAMBABATAS NG IKA-18 KONGRESO: Bigyan ng Patas na Pagdinig ang ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal Mahalagang isyu ang natalakay sa nangyaring pagdinig ng Committee on Legislative Franchises ngayong araw: mga paglabag ng kumpanya sa karapatan ng mga manggagawa. Patuloy na naniniwala ang mga kasapi ng Talents Association of GMA Network o TAG na dapat […]

[News] Labor conditions of media frontliners amid Luzon-wide quarantine

Days since an enhanced community quarantine was placed in Luzon amid the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing numerous accounts of unfair labor practices among media workers—part of the long list of frontliners in this health crisis. Twitter user ‘Editors of Manila’ (@edsMNL) compiled some of the anecdotes from journalists and employees from […]

[News] Rumbling in DepEd TV project as staffers still await full payments

There has been an intensifying rumbling within Paolo Bediones’ assembled media group for the government project DepEd (Department of Education) TV as staffers are still waiting for proper compensation for work done since September 2020. Buhay Media was able to talk to several staffers, including one executive producer (EP) who agreed to speak on record, […]

[News] NLRC issues return-to-work order for former ABS-CBN reporter, two others

After 17 years of fighting for their regularization at ABS-CBN, the National Labor Relations Commission issued a return-to-work order to Rowena “Wheng” Hidalgo Otida, Jerome “Jay” Manahan and John E. Cuba.

[News] TAG Statement on the ABS-CBN Shutdown

The Talents Association of GMA Network (TAG) expresses its grave concern over the fate of more than 11,000 regular and contractual workers of ABS-CBN, following the National Telecommunications Commission’s Cease and Desist Order, directing the media network to stop its broadcast operations. During a Senate hearing in February, ABS-CBN Head of Corporate Services Group Mark […]

[News] It’s no work no pay: TAG slams GMA’s misleading statement on talent compensation amid downscale

The Talents Association of GMA Network (TAG) strongly denounces the misleading statement of GMA Network Inc. claiming financial aid to its workers amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, when in truth it will be implementing a no-work-no-pay scheme for the staff out work. Screenshot of the PEP article saying GMA employees will get full […]

[News] TAG Statement on GMA’s Petition for Review on Certiorari

GMA Network’s Petition for Review on Certiorari is full of misleading statements in an attempt to sway the Supreme Court to reverse the consistent decisions of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Court of Appeals (CA). (READ: [Document] CA Decision for TAG vs GMA Network (February 20 2019)) Right away, GMA Network exempts itself […]

[News] CA junks GMA-7 motion to reconsider decision upholding talents’ regularization

In a brief 2-page decision, the Court of Appeals Former Special 14th Division junks GMA Network’s Motion for Reconsideration and upholds its earlier ruling that declared 101 “talents” as regular employees of the network. (READ: [Document] CA Decision for TAG vs GMA Network (February 20 2019)) Below is the statement of the Talents Association of GMA […]