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Malacañang has released the appointment of the members of the reconstituted Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC), the national consultative and advisory body on labor and employment policymaking.

Created pursuant to Executive Order 403, Series 1990, issued by former Pres. Cory Aquino, the TIPC was reconstituted to ensure effective consultation among representatives of the government, employers and workers in the formulation and implementation of labor and employment policies.

According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the TIPC was last reconstituted in June 2001 following the resignations of most of the labor sector representatives. The DOLE, however, recognizes the need to reconstitute the TIPC membership to be consistent with Pres. Aquino’s directive for inclusive tripartism and social dialogue.

The TIPC is composed of representatives from the government and 20 representatives each from the employers’ and workers’ sectors. 

The members representing the employers’ sector are Aniano Bagabaldo, Ernesto Cecilia, Rene Cristobal, Francisco Floro, Edgardo Lacson, Vicente Leogardo Jr., Manolito Adolfo Madrasto, Mario Mamon, Jorge Mendiola, Mary Ng, Sergio Ortiz-Luiz Jr., Ranulfo Payos, Eduardo Rondain, Anton Sayo, Rene Soriano, Ancheta Khan, Feleciano Torres, Jesus Varela, Schubert Caesar Austero and Emerico De Guzman.

Representing the workers’ sector are former Sen. Ernesto Herrera, Benjamin Alar, Norberto Alensuela Sr., Manuel Arias, Victorino Balais, Angelito Calderon, Gregorio Del Prado, Zoilo Dela Cruz Jr., David Diwa, Daniel Edralin, Josua Mata, Jose Sonny Matula, Allan Montaño, Ezperanza Ocampo, Milagros Ogalinda, Gerardo Seno, Vladimir Tupaz, Jose Umali Jr., Jesus Villamor and AlejandroVillaviza.

The selection was made on the basis of the “most representative” criteria set forth in ILO Convention 144 (Tripartite Consultations to Promote the Implementation of International Labor Standards) which mandates the ratifying states to ensure effective consultation among representatives of the government, employers and workers on policy and programs concerns. The Philippines ratified the Convention in June 1991. 

Appointees from the employers’ sectors come from the Employers Confederation of the Philippines and its member-organizations including PHILEXPORT, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, American Chamber of Commerce, Philippine Contructors Association, and Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.

Appointees from the workers’ sector come from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Federation of Free Workers, Alliance of Progressive Labor, Alliance of Filipino Workers, National Confederation of Labor, Pambansang Diwa ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Trade Union of the Philippines and Allied Services, National Federation of Labor Unions, Bukluran ng Mangagawang Pilipino, Workers for the Advancement of Reforms Coalition, Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center, National Union of Bank Employees, and Alliance of Independent Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union.

Aside from being a policy consultative body, the TIPC also acts as a high level tripartite monitoring body on the application of international labor standards, particularly ILO Convention on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (No. 87).