April 6, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES 06 April 2011
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Street, Diliman, Quezon City
For inquiries please contact:
ROY SENERES, SR., National Spokesperson (Mobile: 09287886514)
RAFAEL E. MAPALO, Director for Education (Mobile: (+63) 9285047052)
Tel. No: (632) 9220917 Fax Number: (632) 9219758
TUCP on ITF: Boycott servicing PAL for labor unity for PALEA and for security of tenure Read the rest of this entry »
March 31, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES 31 March 2011
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Street, Diliman, Quezon City
For inquiries please contact:
ERNESTO F. HERRERA, PhD, General Secretary
Mobile: 09198621717
ROY SENERES, SR., National Spokesperson
Mobile: 09287886514
RAFAEL E. MAPALO, Director for Education
Mobile: (+63) 9285047052
Tel. No: (632) 9220917 Fax Number: (632) 9219758
TUCP supplementary statement on the P75 across-the-board wage petition
(in response to President Aquino’s statement that when inflation reaches 5%, current wages will be reviewed)
The TUCP is happy that the President of the Philippines has seen the need to increase wages given the rise in prices of petroleum and basic commodities.
It took the President to appreciate that five percent inflation means P20 daily taken away from minimum wage earners. That’s equivalent to one way fare for a worker. But he cannot go home; kulang na pamasahe. Five percent inflation also means loss of a half kilo of rice every day.
All these years, we have been saying that RTWPBs should automatically review minimum wage rates when inflation reaches five percent.
Sana di makalimutan na it’s not enough to restore lost purchasing power. Dapat adjustments should include some amounts to increase workers’ standard of living of workers.
Hindi shared ang real growth ng economy with workers and their families. Hindi inclusive ang economic growth. All those real gains went to other sectors lang. Parang sila lang ang anak ng Diyos!
March 7, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES 07 March 2011
TUCP-PGEA Compound, Maharlika cor. Masaya Street, Diliman, Quezon City
For inquiries please contact:
ERNESTO F. HERRERA, PhD, General Secretary (Mobile: 09198621717_
ROY SENERES, SR., National Spokesperson (Mobile: 09287886514)
RAFAEL E. MAPALO, Director for Education (Mobile: (+63) 9285047052)
Tel. No: (632) 9220917 Fax Number: (632) 9219758
TUCP files P75 wage petition in NCR
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, the largest labor in the country today files a 75-peso across-the-board and region-wide wage increase in the National Capital Region, citing relentless increases in deregulated oil prices, automatic adjustments in rates of utilities (electricity, water) and the resulting general increases in consumer prices. Read the rest of this entry »
March 1, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
RAFAEL E. MAPALO, National Spokesperson
Mobile: 0928.504.70.52
Fax: 921.97.58; Fax: 433.22.08
Email: secrtucp@tucp.org.ph; tucp.education@gmail.com
website: www.tucp.org.ph
TUCP to file P55 wage increase in NCR
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, the largest labor organization in the country, will file a P55-75 across-the-board wage petition in the National Capital Region next week. Read the rest of this entry »
April 28, 2010
Manila (27 April) — “The workplaces have become increasingly dangerous place for workers. The five new deaths in Cebu construction and 10 others from mining accidents in Nueva Vizcaya this April alone, showed continued disregard for workers’ safety and health and with safety standards and laws. How many more workers have to die before we take action?” lamented Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) General Secretary Ernesto Herrera. Read the rest of this entry »
March 1, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
HON. RAYMOND DEMOCRITO C. MENDOZA March 1, 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: P75 wage increase for workers in NCR Read the rest of this entry »
January 27, 2010
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the biggest labor center in the country calls on presidential candidates and political parties to come-up with a clear agenda to resolve the increasing numbers of unemployed workers in the Philippines. To date, there are 2.8 million unemployed Filipinos according to the latest NSO data. Read the rest of this entry »
October 7, 2009
WORLD DAY FOR DECENT WORK
TUCP CALLS FOR DECENT WORK, DECENT LIFE
For Immediate Release
07 October 2009
TUCP leaders engaged DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque and PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima in separate meetings for a dialogue and hand-over of the World Day for Decent Work’s Call to Action for Decent Work, Decent Life!
“Everyone should endeavour to place Decent Work at the core of development, economic, trade, financial and social policies at all levels. Decent Work should be promoted in every workplace, in every community, and in all institutions, be it private or public, in-country or overseas,” notes Democrito Mendoza, President of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines.
October 7 is World Day for Decent Work where trade unions all over the world pushed for the Call to Action of seven key demands. It is a call on government and decision-makers, including international financial institutions for:
o inclusive strategies for full and productive employment,
o promotion and protection of workers’ rights,
o social protection,
o changes in unfair trade rules,
o rationalization of debt servicing,
o increase in the level of overseas development assistance (ODA) from rich countries which imperative to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals, and
o protection of migrant workers.
In the Philippines, TUCP led the campaign which includes a hand-over ceremony of the Call to Action for “Decent Work, Decent Life!” to the respective Secretaries of DOLE, DTI, NEDA and the Director General of PEZA. Similar regional activities were held in Regions III, IV-A, VII and XI. TUCP is set to meet with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday.
Similar union-initiated hand-over ceremonies were held with the European Parliament, the Office Social Affairs Commission of the African Union; Organization of American States (OAS); the International Departments of IMF-World Bank and IMF at its scheduled meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, and, with the International Department of the WTO in Geneva.
Since its launching in 2007, 15 high-level political and institutional representatives including ILO Director-General Juan Somavia , UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, European Commission (EC) President Manuel Durao Barroso and a number of Labour Ministers have indicated their support and signed the Call to Action.
“All stakeholders should join hand for the creation of employment. Stable and quality jobs make for a healthy economy. And we must promote and protect workers’ rights to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively. These are fundamental to decent work,” says former Senator and TUCP General Secretary Ernesto Herrera.
“Even before the current crisis, while GDP continuously increases in real terms, the lives of workers and their families have not improved. There is large unemployment and underemployment and inequitable distribution of income and wealth.
Affected by the financial crisis and recently, by typhoon “Ondoy”, we cannot tolerate “business as usual”. Workers, their families and communities are most affected. Over 5,000 members of the TUCP had been laid off so far due to closure of factories damaged by the typhoon. We hope this is not permanent. In these times, decent work is even more important,” says Herrera.
For further information, contact:
TUCP: Rafael Mapalo (Mobile +63928 504 7052)
Anna Lee Fos (Mobile +63908 584 0541)
Also see article posted at the PIA website
April 18, 2009
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) will evaluate developments in the economy before filing a wage petition this year. Read the rest of this entry »
August 13, 2008
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) today condemned in the highest possible terms the Mayor of Cebu City for what the labor center called as an “assault on workers and basic human rights”.
The TUCP disclosed that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, accompanied by a phalanx of bodyguards, forcibly broke up the picket line of striking workers of the Gaisano Mall South in Cebu City. Read the rest of this entry »
