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.
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".
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.
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
