Manila, April 10 -- Labor group Confederation for Unity Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) still has not acted on a request by a former official of Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP) for a full account of where the members' monthly dues went.
In a recent virtual press conference, Audrie Perez, former president of the Department of Social Welfare and Development 11 SWEAP, said they have been asking COURAGE to account for how the monthly dues paid by their members were used.
COURAGE's inaction, among other issues, prompted SWEAP to disaffiliate from the former on Jan. 14, 2021.
Perez, who is the former focal person for indigenous peoples of DSWD 11, said SWEAP was under the umbrella o...