CCF AND ITS DISMISSED WORKERS

An anonymous reader of my blog wrote a comment that disturbed me. The reader revealed how CCF dismissed 8 of its workers, the reader himself included. According to the reader, he and his co-workers were told not to report for work anymore after complaining about CCF's unfair labor practices. Their working hours and overtime pay were cut as part of CCF's cost-cutting measures. The measures prompted the 8 workers to file a formal complaint. Little did they know that their complaint would trigger their dismissal from work.
I called up CCF to hear its side of the story. The administration personnel who I talked to confirmed that CCF indeed was cutting expenditures at that time. I just find it hard to believe that CCF can not afford to give the workers their due. With billions of pesos under its bank account, it is next to impossible for CCF not to be able to afford the salaries of 8 minimum wage earners. I just find it ridiculous that CCF had to cut the workers' working hours and overtime pay by Php 13.00 an hour just to stay afloat. And why the sudden dismissal of the workers all because of a formal complaint ? Workers have the right to air grievances under the labor code. But then again, CCF does not tolerate dissension. CCF merely wants its followers, and in this case, its workers, to follow and obey with no questions asked.
The main problem with CCF is that it prioritizes the construction of its Php 3B church building over the welfare of its workers. For the longest time, I have expressed my opposition to the construction of such a scandalously expensive structure. With CCF's burning desire to complete the structure, it has come to a point that CCF is willing to sacrifice the livelihood of some of its workers. Now, 8 individuals and their families are most probably starving while the construction of the 3 billion peso building proceeds as scheduled. The case with the 8 dismissed workers makes me wonder if CCF is truly a Christian church. I am pretty sure that if Jesus were alive today, He would take care of the 8 workers first before the construction of a building that is but a testament of the hypocrisy of certain individuals.