CLARK FREEPORT—Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma denied the motion of the 500 rank-and-file employees of state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC) to release their allowances, benefits and incentives (ABI), citing a Supreme Court decision that found these benefits obtained through collective bargaining agreements (CBA) as 'unlawful.' The likely loss of the ABI by members of the Association of Concerned CDC Employees (Acces) surfaced as Laguesma, in a resolution on April 12, cited the high court's March 30, 2022, ruling when he resolved the petition of the workers who were seeking the release of their benefits now held on escrow.

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