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Local Ordinances Pushing Sweatshops Issues


The TUCP Anti-Sweatshops Campaign engages communities, whether community-based groups or local government units, in its advocacy and activities.

TUCP believes communities, where workers and their families come from, would be receptive to the anti-Sweatshops issues.

The Sweatshops Campaign targets local-level ordinances which would demonstrate local governments' seriousness in forging compliance with labor laws and regulations.

  1. The municipality of Orani, Bataan was first in promulgating a Resolution declaring the municipality a "Worker-Friendly Municipality In Compliance With The Labor Code Of The Philippines And Other Laws Related To Labor, Including Internationally Accepted Labor Standards" and requiring written commitment of business applicants with these laws, regulations and standards as "one of the requirements in the issuance of business permits, licenses or registrations".

  2. The municipality of Imus, Cavite promulgated Ordinance No. 2001-16 "xx Creating Imus Industrial Peace Council (IIPC) xx and Appropriating Funds [P700,000] xx Every Year" composed of the Mayor, the Chairperson of the Sanggunian Committee on Labor & Employment, the Members of the Committee on Labor & Employment, three representatives from management and three representatives from labor. The IIPC will monitor labor-management relations, labor conflict mediation, job placement, and dialogue and negotiation mechanisms.

  3. The province of  Laguna in Southern Luzon has its Provincial Ordinance No. 8, Series 2002, Creating A Provincial Council For The Protection Of Children And Providing Funds In The Amount Of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) Therefor -- which will formulate the Provincial Plan for children, including the annual work and financial plan, and monitor and evaluate the implementation of municipal/city plans of action for children