FEARING a whitewash, a labor rights group and clean air advocates have sought the intercession of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on their complaints against five steel mills for alleged violation of labor and environmental laws.

The Philippine Association of Free Labor Unions (PAFLU) and the Clean Air Philippines Movement, Inc. (CAPMI) appealed to Bello to immediately act on their complaints that were filed a month ago at the National Capital Region (NCR), Pampanga and Davao regional offices of the labor department but have not been acted upon.

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