contractualization

Duterte’s Extension on EO vs Endo, Tactics to Keep the Unions Hoping While Tempering Increased Dissatisfaction

February 20, 2018

Labour rights group, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), scored President Duterte’s refusal to sign the draft Executive Order (EO) on ending contractualization submitted to him by the labor sector last February 7 as double-edged tactics to keep the unions’ hoping while tempering increased dissatisfaction over his unfulfilled promises.  Malacanang called on different […]

Workers are Restive over Repression of their Rights, Continuing Massive Contractualization

April 30, 2017

“Noong bata pa ako, palipat lipat ng trabaho ang tatay ko dito sa Valenzuela at sa iba pang lugar, Kontraktwal siyang manggagawa. Madalas, wala siyang trabaho. Nakita ko kung gaano kahirap ang buhay niya at ang buhay namin. Maliit lang ang kinikita niya. Ngayon, mahigit 20 na ang edad ko, kontraktwal din akong manggagawa at […]

Labor rights group to Bello: Give workers what they rightfully deserve

January 17, 2017

“Napatupad na ba ang pagbabawal sa ENDO?“ CTUHR Workers Shout SMS Hotline often receives this message from workers from different parts of the country. Six months into the Duterte administration, contractualization remains to be one of the most prevalent problems that plague the Filipino workers even as President Duterte promised to end contractualization. “DOLE’s inability […]

What Duterte must do for workers

May 27, 2016

(published on May 27, 2016 @ the Philippine Daily Inquirer) Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte said he will stop labor contractualization in this country. He said he doesn’t want companies firing workers after five months to avoid giving them the right wages and benefits. We commend Duterte’s resolve to end the practice of contractualization, which has […]