The Rotary Balita no. 771 (May 12, 1955).

Secretary of Labor Eleuterio Adevoso, April 28 carried his fight for the defense of collective bargaining back to the Rotary club of Manila, where the issue first sprang up sometime ago with a ringing denunciation of compulsory arbitration as a symbol of false industrial peace by "judicial fiat." Secretary Adevoso, speaking before the weekly luncheon meeting of the Manila Rotary club at the Manila hotel, said that the principle of collective bargaining was necessary for the social and economic advancement of the people. He scored the contention of Solicitor Ambrosio Padilla that collective bargaining had failed here. He cited statistics to show that industrial strife is diminishing, while successful negotiations are increasing. The secretary painted a bright picture of rising economic development ahead of the nation. He also stated that the succession of strikes since the act went in force the middle of 1953 is taken by many as proof that collective bargaining has failed. This conclusion is hasty and misleading, he said.