BACOLOD CITY –– Leaders of the labor unions in the largest bus transportation group based in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental have thrown their support to Leo Rey Yanson, who was ousted by his siblings as company president, and family matriarch Olivia Yanson. Both Philippine Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Workers Union (PACIWU)-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and PACIWU-Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), acknowledged Leo Rey and Olivia as creators of the bus firms. The Mindanao Alliance of Land Transport and General Workers Union also expressed their “unqualified and total support” for Leo Rey and his management team. They vehemently condemned the unprecedented move of the new management team to unseat Leo Rey. The battle of the Bacolod-based Yanson siblings for control of the family’s multi-billion peso transportation empire escalated on Sunday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 09, 2019 06:56 UTC