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Labor groups Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) and Sentro ng  mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) are calling on the   government to finalize the roadmap for the automotive industry and   address the high cost of doing business here to encourage more investments and create jobs.

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                    [Title] => Group urges gov't to fast-track automotive roadmap
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The Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) today called on Philippine government to address the high cost of doing business in the country to encourage more investment to come in and create more jobs for Filipinos.

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                    [Title] => Second-hand vehicle imports killing local auto industry
                    [Summary] => STA. ROSA, Laguna – The importation of second-hand cars and trucks is not only hurting but "killing" the local automotive industry, the country’s top automakers and their workforce said yesterday.


The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) and the Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) jointly expressed this sentiment during an organizational meeting of the Sta. Rosa Business Club, an association of businessmen whose activities are concentrated in this city.


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                    [Title] => Car Wars II: The Auto Industry Strikes Back
                    [Summary] => "The Philippines stands to lose US$1.951 billion in export earnings and P11.55 billion in taxes if the importation of used motor vehicles continues". This was the general statement imparted by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines or CAMPI to the media personnel present during a media forum hosted by the chamber last April 15 (Friday) at the Makati Room of the Shangri-La Makati.


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                    [Title] => Auto industry backs P.5-M tax on used car imports
                    [Summary] => The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI), the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP), the Philippine Automotive Association (PAA) and the Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) yesterday urged the government to strictly implement existing laws and regulations on vehicle importation, safety, roadworthiness and emission.


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                    [Title] => Labor groups urge a stop to unilateral tariff reductions
                    [Summary] => Sixteen of the country’s biggest labor organizations and federations called on President  Arroyo yesterday to pursue programs that will provide safeguards to local industries and protect jobs amidst the onslaught of globalization.


The  workers specifically asked the President for a halt in the accelerated and unilateral tariff reduction program, which they blamed for the closure of many domestic industries and the loss of jobs to thousands of workers.


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                    [Title] => Excise tax pinababasura
                    [Summary] => Iginiit kahapon ni Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta kay Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho na ibasura na nito ang planong pagpapatupad ng excise tax sa mga Asian Utility Vehicles (AUVs) sa darating na June 6 at hintayin na lamang ang magiging batas ng Kongreso ukol dito.


Sinabi ni Sen. Oreta, dapat ay tularan na lamang ni Sec. Camacho ang naging pananaw ng Board of Investment (BOI) na naunang tumututol sa panukala ng Senado subalit umayon na rin matapos mapag-aralang mabuti ang AUV-friendly excise tax ng mataas na kapulungan.


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                    [Title] => Key automotive sectors back Senate Bill 2517 on excise tax
                    [Summary] => A quadripartite manifesto calling for the immediate passage of Senate Bill 2517, otherwise known as the reform excise tax bill, was jointly signed Tuesday by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI), Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA), Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) and the Motor Vehicles Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP).


The joint declaration was signed by CAMPI president J. C. Alvarez, TMA president Elizabeth Lee, AIWA president Francisco P. Mero and MVPMAP president Feliciano L. Torres.


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                    [Title] => Mass lay-off napipinto kapag natuloy ang excise tax sa AUVs
                    [Summary] => Nangangamba ang may 100,000 miyembro ng Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) na magkaroon ng mass lay-off sa sandaling makapasa sa Kongreso ang excise tax na ipapataw sa mga Asian Utility Vehicles (AUVs).


Sinabi ni Angel Dimalanta, vice president ng AIWA, natatakot ang mga manggagawa sa assembly plant at auto parts manufacturing firm na mawawalan sila ng trabaho kapag naisabatas ang pagpapataw ng 15 percent excise tax sa mga AUV.


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                    [Title] => 7 labor groups join Lacson bandwagon
                    [Summary] => Seven small labor groups endorsed yesterday the presidential bid of opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson.


In a news conference at a Quezon City hotel, leaders of these groups said Lacson could be the kind of leader the country needs.


With his qualities, courage and determination, "we can have a government that will be more responsive to the needs of the toiling masses," the leaders said in a statement.


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The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) and the Automotive Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA) jointly expressed this sentiment during an organizational meeting of the Sta. Rosa Business Club, an association of businessmen whose activities are concentrated in this city.


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The joint declaration was signed by CAMPI president J. C. Alvarez, TMA president Elizabeth Lee, AIWA president Francisco P. Mero and MVPMAP president Feliciano L. Torres.


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