Labor to help remove PH from list of worst places
ORGANIZED labor is willing to collaborate with employer groups and the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in removing the Philippines from the list of worst places for workers."We are open to discussions with the Employers Confederation of the Philippines and DoLE to remove the Philippines from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) list of top 10 violators of trade union and human rights in the world," Federation of Free Workers (FFW) President Sonny Matula said on Sunday.Matula said the International Labor Organization (ILO)-Manila was arranging a dialogue this week on freedom of association with tripartite social partners.The ITUC 2024 Global Rights Index placed the Philippines on the list of the world's Top 10 Worst Countries for Workers for eight consecutive years.The ILO Committee on Application of Standards concluded that the Philippines has failed to protect workers' rights after reviewing the country's adherence to ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association.It listed the Philippines as one of six countries where trade unionists have been killed in staggering numbers.According to ITUC affiliates FFW, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, not one of the recorded 72 cases of trade union killings since 2016 has been resolved.
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ORGANIZED labor is willing to collaborate with employer groups and the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in removing the Philippines from the list of worst places for workers.
"We are open to discussions with the Employers Confederation of the Philippines and DoLE to remove the Philippines from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) list of top 10 violators of trade union and human rights in the world," Federation of Free Workers (FFW) President Sonny Matula said on Sunday.
Matula said the International Labor Organization (ILO)-Manila was arranging a dialogue this week on freedom of association with tripartite social partners.
The ITUC 2024 Global Rights Index placed the Philippines on the list of the world's Top 10 Worst Countries for Workers for eight consecutive years.
The ILO Committee on Application of Standards concluded that the Philippines has failed to protect workers' rights after reviewing the country's adherence to ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association.
It listed the Philippines as one of six countries where trade unionists have been killed in staggering numbers.
According to ITUC affiliates FFW, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, not one of the recorded 72 cases of trade union killings since 2016 has been resolved.
