On 07 October 2010, World Day for Decent Work, Philippine unions pledged to take three priority actions –(a) implementing and monitoring productivity programs at the enterprise level, (b) campaign for living wage in partnership with global union federations and other like-minded organizations, and (c) FP/RH and HIV and AIDS education at the workplace –as workers’ contribution to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people), Goal 5: Improve maternal health, and Goal 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other related diseases.

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Asbestos ban bills

The call to pass the bill banning asbestos at the Senate took center stage with the setting up of an email campaign urging the Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce to hold meetings and consultations. Union members and supporters of the ban can send emails to Senator Manny Villar as the Committee Chair at http://tinyurl.com/ban-asbestos in the TUCP website. A parallel email campaign at the House Committee on Ecology would help advance the legislative process.

Meetings with the Committee Chairs – Senator Manny Villar and Representative Dan Fernandez at the Senate and the House, respectively – were being arranged to hand over the trade union position on the bills and get responses from the legislators on the issue.

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