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#PLDTWorkersCampout | Manggagawa sa workforce management

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company o PLDT ang pinakamalaking telecommunication at digital services company sa buong Pilipinas na pinamumunuan ng CEO na si Manny Pangilinan. Limpak-limpak ang kinikita nito taun-taon, pero isa ito sa inilista ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa mga pinakamalaking kumpanyang nagsasagawa ng iligal na labor-only-contracting. Sa kabila ng katanyagan at tagumpay PLDT ang lugmok na kalagayan ngayon ng libu-libong manggagawa na iligal na tinanggal.

Matapos maglabas ng DOLE ng kasulatan para tanggalin ang mga manpower agency at gawing regular ang mga manggagawa sa kumpanyang PLDT, tinanggal ng PLDT ang mga manpower agency nito na nagresulta sa pagkawala rin ng trabaho ng mga manggagawa.

Noong July 9, 2018, nagsimulang magkampuhan ang mga tinanggal na manggagawa sa harap ng opisina ng PLDT sa España, malapit sa Welcome Rotonda, upang kundenahin ang iligal na pagtatanggal sa libu-libong manggagawa nito.

Isa si Elezar Bajolunes sa natanggal na mga manggagawa. Nagtatrabaho siya sa work force management o yung mga taga-gawa ng mga iskedyul ng call center agent. Siya rin ay kabilang sa mga sumasagot ng tawag kapag mayroong nagrereklamo hinggil sa mabagal na internet.

Ayon kay Elezar, sa loob ng isang araw ay tumatanggap sila ng 4,000 na tawag sa kanilang corporate hotline (177), samantalang 20,000 na tawag naman ang natatanggap nila sa kanilang Residential Hotline (171). Sa kada araw na pagsagot nila sa libu-libong tawag na ito mula sa mga costumer at pagbibigay nila ng serbisyo taun-taon ay hindi man lamang masuklian ng management ng PLDT na gawin silang regular.

Limang taon nang nagtatrabaho si Elezar sa PLDT na sumasahod naman ng above minimum. Ngunit nang maglabas ng order ang DOLE ay bigla na lamang nagkaroon ng malawakang pagtatanggal sa halos 12,000 manggagawa ng PLDT.

Curo Teknika ang agency na kinabibilangan ni Elezar. Ayon sa kanila, sa kabila ng laban nila ngayon para sa regularisasyon at mabalik sa trabaho ay nanatiling nakasuporta sa kanila ang agency na ito.

Hunyo 5 pa tinanggal ang ibang manggagawa ng PLDT at ang iba naman ay noong Hunyo 30. Ang mga tinanggal sa katapusan ng Hunyo ay sinabihan na terminated na sila sa trabaho noon lamang Hunyo 29.

“Naglabas ng mga instructions yung PLDT para raw makabalik kami, pero para sa amin yung mga instruction na ‘yun ay parang rehiring lang,” paliwanag ni Elezar.

Mula sa kampuhan sa España, ngayon ay nagtungo na sila sa Mendiola upang lalong itambol ang kanilang panawagan hinggil sa kontraktwalisasyon.

“Ang kontraktwalisasyon talaga na iyan yung nagpapababa ng kalidad ng paggawa ng mga manggagawa. Kahit kailan talaga ay walang kasiguraduhan ang mga manggagawa kapag may kontraktwalisasyon.” hinaing ni Elezar.

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Survey finds more Davaoenos not in favor of UN inquiry on Duterte’s drug war

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A poll survey found more Davaoenos do not favor inquiry by the United Nations regarding the human rights track record of the Duterte government.

Makers of UniPak sardines hold rally at Malacañang gate

Laid-off casual workers of Slord Development Corporation, manufacturer of Uni-Pak sardines, held a lightning protest at Gate 7 of Malacañang Palace in Manila earlier today.

Members of Samahang Manggagawa sa Slord Development Corporation (SMSDC) managed to get past the security personnel of the Presidential Palace to pressure President Duterte and the Department of Labor and Employment into deciding on the case workers filed against Slord.

The workers registered their long-standing call to a just increase in wages, legal action against illegal working conditions, and an end to contractualization.

Mostly composed of women ‘regular extra’ employees, Slord workers were terminated on May 12 following a walkout protest they organized to slam the reduced number of work days the company allowed. They did not receive any official document stating their termination.

Read: Mga manggagawa ng Uni-Pak, iligal na tinanggal sa trabaho

The SMSDC had been mounting a protest camp on June 18 at the gate of the Navotas Fishport Complex before moving their camp to Mendiola days before Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address.

Read: #UniPakCampout | Kalagayan ng mga manggagawang kontraktwal sa Uni-Pak Sardines

They are joining workers from Jollibee Foods Corporation, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), and others who are also engaged in their respective legal and political battles. The protest camp, dubbed the Kampuhan Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon (KKK), will go on for a week until Duterte’s SONA on July 23.

SLORD Development Workers at the Kampuhan Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon (KKK) launch after the lightning rally in Malacañang. Photos by Erika Cruz.

Read: Workers mount Mendiola protest camp days before Duterte’s 3rd SONA

“Tama na, sobra na ang pang-aapi sa amin ng mga negosyanteng ganid sa tubo,” SMSDC president Norinda Nacinopa said.

The workers challenged the president to assume the role of the “nation’s father” and to address the root causes of poverty.

 

 

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Workers mount Mendiola protest camp days before Duterte’s 3rd SONA

Terminated workers from different business giants built a week-long protest camp at the foot of Malacañang in Mendiola Bridge.

The ‘Kampuhan Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon’ (KKK) is composed of employees from Jollibee Foods Corporation, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), UniPak sardines manufacturer SLORD Development Corporation, Manila Harbour Centre, Pearl Island Commercial Corporation, and workers from Valenzuela.

Photos by Erika Cruz

Coming from their respective protest camps at the gates of the said factories and workplaces, the workers built a protest camp to bring their fight against contractualization closer to the Presidential Palace.

“We hope that President Duterte can now hear our calls for regularization and against contractualization loud and clear. As he listens, we hope to hear him address our issues and concerns in his SONA on Moday,” said Kilusang Mayo Uno chairperson Ed Cubelo.

Massive layoffs, no end to contractualization

Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Jollibee Foods Corporation (SM-JFC) President Rogelio Magistrado deplored Pres. Duterte for his ‘failed promise’ to end contractualization. “Sabi ng pangulo, ‘When I assume the presidency, I will put an end to endo’. Ang nangyari pala ay ‘no end to contractualization’,” Magistrado said.

In the two years since taking oath, Duterte through the Department of Labor and Employment have so far issued several department orders, the latest of which is Executive Order 51. The said order prohibits illegal contracting and subcontracting. Kilusang Mayo Uno and other labor groups have called the order ‘useless’ as there are already provisions against such labor arrangements in the Labor Code and several other department orders.

According to the labor group, government’s moves to end contractualization are also being circumvented by companies such as JFC and PLDT. The fast-food company terminated 400 workers from its main commissary in Parañaque, while the telecommunication group displaced its more than 12,000 workers by terminating their agencies’ service contracts.

Jollibee Foods Corporation and PLDT place first and third in the list of companies practicing labor-only contracting. Both have so far refused to comply to DOLE’s order to regularize their employees.

United People’s SONA

Workers manning the KKK will be joining other sectors and progressive organizations during the protest on Monday, July 23. What they dub as the ‘United People’s SONA’ along Commonwealth Avenue will coincide with Pres. Duterte’s address at the House of Representatives.

The KKK, which will run until the morning of July 23, is open for all and will feature several activities such as educational discussions, solidarity and cultural programs, film screenings, and press conferences.

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MASSIVE EVACUATION

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Lumad evacuees walk past a military checkpoint in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga town on Monday, July 16. The military barred the Lumad to enter the center of Barangay Diatagon, the Lumad were only allowed to pass after negotiations. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

NUJP slams Army unit, LGU

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The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) condemned a military unit that tried to prevent Davao City-based journalists from covering the evacuation of about 2,000 Lumad evacuees in Lianga, Surigao del Sur Monday, July 16. In a statement issued Tuesday, the NUJP said it strongly condemns the 4th Civic Military Operation (4th CMO) […]

Lumad in Surigao del Sur evacuate yet again, military withholding relief

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“This is the Duterte regime’s
version of peace – terrorizing communities and strengthening military rule over
civilians. This trend has progressively worsened under Duterte, with the Armed
Forces of the Philippines turning indigenous and peasant communities into their
playground for rights abuses. Their unwanted presence in rural areas has once
again caused the evacuation of more than a thousand individuals,” said
Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay.

 

 

(Photo courtesy of SOS Caraga)

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Maranao leaders: Marawi rehab reset shows failure of gov’t

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The resetting of the Marawi City rehabilitation groundbreaking from July to last week of August was criticized by Maranaw leaders who called the initiative of the government to restore the war-ravaged city as “palpak” (failure).