Privilege Speech, REP. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP Party-List), August 9, 2010
August 9, 2010
Mr. Speaker, and Fellow Legislators:
Philippine Airlines, the crown jewel of the Philippine aviation industry is once again in amess. PAL is our flag-carrier and it provides critical services not only in transporting passengers but also goods, patients, mails, equipment, monies and other important items locally and internationally.
PAL serves as our number one hospital run, bank run, mail run and even military run among other critical services that it provides for our nation.It cannot be overemphasized that PAL is an enterprise that is vested with public interest. We must all help in finding ways to prevent the situation in the airline to further deteriorate. Everyone one of us has a stake in the future of PAL.
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Comelec proclaims 28 winning party-list groups
May 31, 2010
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday proclaimed the 28 winning party-list organizations in the 2010 automated polls.
Comelec chairman Jose Melo, reading an en banc resolution, announced on Monday afternoon that the following party-list organizations will be awarded seats in the 15th House of Representatives: Read more
TUCP Party-List donated ambulances in Cebu
April 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA April 23, 2010
Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP)
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551
TUCP Party-List donated ambulances in Cebu
The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP), the largest worker’s party in the country recently donated one brand new Kia ambulance each for the Municipalities of Liloan and Compostela, and Bgy. Subangdaku, Mandaue City all in Cebu province. Read more
TUCP hit ECOP over wage hike
April 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA April 23, 2010
Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP)
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551
TUCP hit ECOP over wage hike
The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP) reiterates its call for approval of a P75 across-the-board wage hike in NCR pending before the regional tripartite wages and productivity board despite opposition from the employers’ sector. The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said that “a P75 across-the-board increase in Metro Manila will hamper the job creation process and will only help a small fraction of the population- 16% or those who are fully employed”. ECOP explained that wage increase will work to the detriment of 84% who are unemployed because “instead of hiring more workers, companies will merely be forced to increase the wages of current employees.” Read more
Proper inspection could have prevented Cebu construction workers’ deaths
April 15, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA April 12, 2010
Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP)
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551
TUCP Party-List: Proper inspection could have prevented Cebu construction workers’ deaths
The TUCP Party-List # 178, the largest worker’s party in the Philippines, lamented the deaths of five construction workers in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, on 7 April 2010. The workers died when the firewall on one side of the building they were working on collapsed to the ground. Read more
Government double-speak on wage hikes – TUCP
April 7, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA April 6, 2010
Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP)
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Streets, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel/Fax: (632) 351-3757/924-7551
Government double-speak on wage hikes – TUCP
TUCP party-list representative Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza charged NEDA with “double-speak” on the economy and wages. Read more
TUCP Party-List lambasts ERC for rate increase of electric cooperatives
April 5, 2010
The TUCP Party-List, the largest worker’s party in the Philippines criticized the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for recently allowing 94 electric cooperatives to increase their electric charges by 50 to 85 centavos per kilowatt hour which has added to the burdens of consumers particularly in Mindanao. Read more
House Bill 7019 – “The Workers’ Right to Strike Act of 2009”
February 1, 2010
An Act Strengthening the Workers’ Right to Strike, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines
Authorizes a group or representative of workers to file the notice of, and to go on strike, and removes dismissal and imprisonment as penalty in violation of orders, prohibitions or injunctions issued by the Secretary of Labor, and direct participation by union officers in illegal strike.
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House Bill 7018 – “Union Formation Act of 2009”
February 1, 2010
An Act Strengthening Union Organization and Disallowing Cancellation of Union Registration, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines Read more
House Bill 7017 – “Allowing Aliens to Exercise their Right to Self-Organization”
February 1, 2010
An Act Allowing Aliens to Exercise their Right to Self-Organization and Withdrawing Regulation of Foreign Assistance to Trade Unions, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines
Extends the right to self organization to aliens in the Philippines, and withdraws the prohibition of foreign trade union organizations to engage in trade union activities and the regulation of foreign assistance to Philippine trade unions.
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