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The youth group Partido Manggagawa-Kabataan (PMK) expressed
concern at the lack of jobs awaiting the hundreds of thousands of new graduates
this year. Tomorrow, PMK is holding a protest at the offices of the Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Employers Confederation of the Philippines
(ECOP) to highlight its call for decent jobs for young workers.
“Are there enough jobs for 600,000 college graduates and thousands
more of K-12 graduates immediately entering the labor force? Further, are there
decent jobs awaiting them or just more of the usual endo work?,” asked Rea
Foliente of PMK.
PMK is the youth wing of the militant Partido Manggagawa. PM is
among the labor groups active in the campaign to end contractualization and has
criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for his refusal to sign an EO to make
direct hiring the norm in employment relations.
PMK is raising a red flag as the
World Bank recently released a report about the lack of quality jobs in the
country and the worsening inequality as a result. The group is likewise
questioning ECOP for the Jobstreet data that only 24% of employers are willing
to hire K-12 graduates.
Foliente insisted that “In 2016, 78% of the
jobless were 15 to 34 years old. Half of them were aged 24 years old or below. A
diploma is no antidote to unemployment as 34% of the unemployed had actually
gone to college and 20% were college graduates!”
She added that “The youth challenge the DTI and
ECOP to show us the numbers. How many graduates can be absorbed in the labor
force? And will the work be regular or dead-end contractual jobs in agencies?”
“Another employers organization, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry earlier questioned that the minimum number of hours required of senior high school students are not enough to train and qualify them for entry-level work,” Foliente explained.
Some 100 PMK
and women members of PM together with contingents from the Philippine Airlines
Employees Association (PALEA) and Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Labor Union
will join the protest tomorrow against the DTI and ECOP for their pro-endo
lobby and scare tactics against regular jobs. The rally comes after the
announcement of Malacanang that President Duterte is not signing an EO to make
direct hiring the norm in employment.
Foliente
cited the International Labour Organization (ILO) report titled “Global
Employment Trends for Youth 2017: Paths to a better working future,” that
stated that youth unemployment rate for Southeast Asia and the Pacific is seen
to rise from 11.7 percent in 2016 to 12 percent in 2017, and to 12.2 percent in
2018.
April 22, 2018
Partido Manggagawa-Kabataan
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