Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Nagkaisa Press Statement Bonifacio Day 2016
NAGKAISA
A better policy is possible
A win-win solution to endo
is unacceptable
The only
chance for Filipino workers to enjoy a life of dignity is to have secure and
good paying jobs. Contractualization is
spoiling this dream. And the government
is unacceptably prolonging the misery.
By raising the
bogey of massive job loss once the government accedes to workers’ demand for an
end to all forms of contractualization, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI),
was in effect forcing the workers to accept its win-win formula that allows,
rather than prohibit, the perpetuation of different forms of
contractualization.
The DTI
proposal is unacceptable on two grounds.
First, the end endo promise, the way it was presented by the President
during the election campaign, did not mean the end of one form of
contractualization and the legalization of another type. Second, legalizing sub-contracting and
outsourcing work arrangement is a ploy to shield employers from assuming their
inherent responsibility of providing direct and regular employment to their
workers. Regularization done in
contractor agencies rather than in mother companies is a fraud.
We don’t want
to assume that the DTI wish is the President’s command. But why is the
President’s command now marching towards a different direction?
Saan kami ngayon
kukuha ng kapal ng kumpyansa kung wala na sa mukha ng gubyerno ang
kaseryosohang ganap na itigil ang endo? Kung ang DTI at DOLE ay parehong win-win
na ang tono?
Analogous to
the time of Gat Andres Bonifacio, the epidemic of contractualization diminishes
the plight of Filipino workers to a life of colonial subjects unable to
exercise their freedom because none of their masters today would want to recognize
their sovereign existence as regular employees.
Hindi
pinangarap ni Gat Andres Bonifacio ang ganitong buhay para sa mga
Pilipino. Filipinos did not wage a
revolution against colonial exploitation only to be subjected to another form
of oppression.
Kung gayon ay
dapat mabatid: Kung ayaw tapusin ng gubyerno ang endo, hindi rin tatapusin ng
uring manggagawa ang kanyang rebolusyon.
November 30, 2016
Workers cry “End endo” and “Marcos Hindi Bayani” in Bonifacio Day rallies
Several
thousand workers marched in key cities today to commemorate Bonifacio Day, demand
a ban on contractualization and protest the hero’s burial of Marcos.
The
nationwide rallies led by the labor coalition Nagkaisa were billed as a
“National Day of Action Vs. Endo.” Partido Manggagawa (PM) together with other
labor groups rejected the so-called “win-win” solution on contractualization
and pushed for an “end endo” formula of prohibition of subcontracting of
regular jobs.
“The
misnamed win-win scheme proposed by employers, and promoted by the Trade and
Labor Departments will not end endo. It is a scam that will lead to the utter
proliferation of outsourcing and contracting out of regular jobs by the
principal employers,” explained Rene Magtubo, PM national chair.
Member
groups of Nagkaisa marched from Welcome Rotonda to Morayta where it held a
program. Militant workers then joined other groups for another rally around
noon at Mendiola to register labor’s condemnation of the surprise hero’s burial
for Marcos. Labor organizations later participated in the broad protest at the
People Power Monument called by the Coalition Against the Marcos Burial.
In Cebu
City, workers marched from downtown Colon to Plaza Independencia. Industrial
and sugar workers rallied at the Bacolod marker Araneta. In Davao City, workers
marched from the Freedom Park to the Bonifacio Monument.
To express
labor’s twin demands, PM highlighted the slogan “Ilibing ang kontraktwalisasyon
hindi ang kasalanan ni Marcos.” Magtubo averred that “Students have already made
their stand known. Today workers voiced out too their position on the burning
issues of our country.”
“A hero’s burial for the late dictator is
a stepping stone for the return to power of another Marcos. We can’t move on to
a future where the occupant of Malacanang is an unrepentant member of a family
that pillaged the public treasury and burdened generations with debt,” he
added.
Magtubo argued that “President Duterte
is accountable for this mockery of justice. He is in fact simply paying a debt,
probably not of gratitude. Duterte’s newfound respect for the letter of the law
in the case of Marcos’ burial contrasts with his utter disregard for due
process and human rights for most everything else, including the execution of a
bloody war on drugs.”
November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
“End endo” and “Marcos Hindi Bayani” top workers demands in big rally tomorrow
Several
thousand workers are marching in key cities tomorrow to commemorate Bonifacio
Day, demand a ban on contractualization and protest the hero’s burial of
Marcos. Meanwhile the militant Partido Manggagawa (PM) today slammed the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for a statement that foreign firms will
pull out if contractualization is banned.
“The DTI is
just parroting the usual capitalist blackmail when workers make demands that
dent their profit. Firms, foreign or local, want contractualization because it
is a way to cheapen labor costs by denying them job security and the
opportunity to unionize and bargain for better wages and benefits,” argued Rene
Magtubo, PM national chair.
The
nationwide Bonifacio Day rallies by the labor coalition Nagkaisa are billed as
a “National Day of Action Vs. Endo.” PM together with other labor groups are
rejecting the so-called “win-win” solution on contractualization and pushing
for “end endo” formula of prohibition of subcontracting of regular jobs.
“The
misnamed win-win scheme of the employers and DTI will not end endo. It is a scam
that will lead to the utter proliferation of outsourcing and contracting out of
regular jobs by the principal employers,” explained Magtubo.
Member
groups of Nagkaisa will assemble tomorrow 8:00 a.m. at the Welcome Rotonda and
then march to Morayta where it will hold a program. Militant workers will then
join advocacy groups for another rally around noon at Mendiola to register
labor’s condemnation of the surprise hero’s burial for Marcos.
To express
labor’s twin demands tomorrow, PM is highlighting the slogan “Ilibing ang
kontraktwalisasyon hindi ang kasalanan ni Marcos.” Magtubo averred that
“Students have already made their stand known. Tomorrow workers will voice out
their position on the burning issues of our country.”
PM and
Nagkaisa are also holding mobilizations in key cities tomorrow. In Cebu City,
workers will march from downtown Colon to Plaza Independencia. Industrial and
sugar workers are going to rally at the Bacolod marker Araneta. In Davao City
tomorrow, workers are marching from the Freedom Park to the Bonifacio Monument.
PM also expressed doubt on the announcement the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) that 25,000 contractual workers have been made
regular. Instead PM revealed that the DOLE has not been able to enforce
regularization of workers in numerous instances. The militant group said that
there is a Japanese-owned electronics factory in the Cavite ecozone that has
refused to regularize hundreds of its agency workers despite an order from the
DOLE. It cited the case of the PALEA 600 who have not been reinstated by
Philippine Airlines as regular workers despite a settlement agreement that
provides for it. Finally PM also pointed out the case of 149 Pizza Hut
contractual workers who were retrenched when they sought regularization but
have been reinstated only as agency workers. “It seems that the news of 25,000
newly regularized workers is fake similar to posts in Mocha Uson's
controversial blog,” Magtubo said.
November 29, 2015
Monday, November 28, 2016
Advisory: "End endo," "Marcos Hindi Bayani" top Bonifacio Day workers demands
MEDIA ADVISORY
November 29, 2016
"End endo," "Marcos Hindi Bayani" top Bonifacio Day workers demands
Workers to hold nationwide rallies tomorrow to demand "end endo" and "Marcos Hindi Bayani"
Tomorrow, November 30, 2016
8:00 a.m. Assembly at Welcome Rotonda
9:00 a.m. March to Morayta
10:00 a.m Program at Morayta: End endo
11:00 a.m. March to Mendiola and Program: Marcos Hindi Bayani
The labor coalition Nagkaisa wil lead the Bonifacio Day commemoration at Manila with a big rally to oppose the "win-win" solution and push for the "end endo" formula that entails prohibiting all forms of contractualization, including outsourcing.
Around noon, militant labor organizations and other advocacy groups will troop to Mendiola to register the voice of the working class against the hero's burial of Marcos.
Similar rallies are to be held in other key cities:
Cebu City: 8:00 am March from downtown Colon to Plaza Independencia
Bacolod: 2:00 pm Rally at Bacolod marker Araneta
Davao City: 8:00 am March from Freedom Park to Bonifacio Monument
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