In a bid to
intensify efforts to promote and protect the fundamental rights of workers, the
Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine National Police and labor groups
sign a Manifesto of Commitment outlining future actions and commitments to
ensure observance of International Labour Standards and trade union rights.
The Manifesto articulates the commitments of DOLE, PNP and the labor sector “to promote and protect human rights and workers rights at all times in pursuit of lasting peace based on social justice.”
It also articulates the commitment of the parties to conduct social dialogue to “ensure observance of the Joint DOLE-PNP-PEZA Guidelines in the Conduct of PNP Personnel, Economic Zone Police and Security Guards, Company Security Guards and Similar Personnel During Labor Disputes; establish a mechanism to allow the joint implementation and monitoring of the Guidelines; support initiatives for justice system reforms to facilitate the resolution of alleged extra-judicial killings, specifically to strengthen forensic investigations; and conduct joint activities to achieve the goals of the Manifesto.”
The Guidelines, signed on May 23, 2011, officially prescribes the conduct of the members of the PNP, economic zone police and security guards, company security guards and similar personnel, including concerned government agencies, during strikes, lockouts, picketing and other labor disputes. It seeks to promote public interest and safety, industrial peace and stability, and ensure that the right to peaceful picketing, strikes and concerted activities by workers and lockout by employers is respected at all times.
Signatories to the Manifesto are Sec. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and former DOLE Undersecretary now POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac for the DOLE, Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome and P/Sr. Supt. Gregorio Pua for the PNP, and representatives from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Federation of Free Workers, Alliance of Independent Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, Pambansang Diwa ng Mangggawang Pilipino, National Confederation of Labor, Association of Genuine Labor Organization, National Federation of Labor Unions, Lakas ng Manggagawa Center, and Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino for the labor sector.
Signatories to the Manifesto also committed to “actively sustain and conduct joint orientation in the national, regional and provincial level, together with other relevant partners, to raise the awareness of all government and non-government sectors towards consciously adhering to and abiding with the provisions of the Philippine Constitution, Labor Code of the Philippines, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Labor Standards, particularly ILO Convention Nos. 87 and 98, International Humanitarian Law, and other international treaties, accords and instruments where the Philippines is a signatory.”
The Manifesto was signed during the Summit on the Protection and Promotion of Workers’ Rights held on Dec. 6, 2011 at the Bayleaf in Intramuros, Manila, and organized by the Bureau of Labor Relations.
The Manifesto articulates the commitments of DOLE, PNP and the labor sector “to promote and protect human rights and workers rights at all times in pursuit of lasting peace based on social justice.”
It also articulates the commitment of the parties to conduct social dialogue to “ensure observance of the Joint DOLE-PNP-PEZA Guidelines in the Conduct of PNP Personnel, Economic Zone Police and Security Guards, Company Security Guards and Similar Personnel During Labor Disputes; establish a mechanism to allow the joint implementation and monitoring of the Guidelines; support initiatives for justice system reforms to facilitate the resolution of alleged extra-judicial killings, specifically to strengthen forensic investigations; and conduct joint activities to achieve the goals of the Manifesto.”
The Guidelines, signed on May 23, 2011, officially prescribes the conduct of the members of the PNP, economic zone police and security guards, company security guards and similar personnel, including concerned government agencies, during strikes, lockouts, picketing and other labor disputes. It seeks to promote public interest and safety, industrial peace and stability, and ensure that the right to peaceful picketing, strikes and concerted activities by workers and lockout by employers is respected at all times.
Signatories to the Manifesto are Sec. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and former DOLE Undersecretary now POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac for the DOLE, Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome and P/Sr. Supt. Gregorio Pua for the PNP, and representatives from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Federation of Free Workers, Alliance of Independent Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, Pambansang Diwa ng Mangggawang Pilipino, National Confederation of Labor, Association of Genuine Labor Organization, National Federation of Labor Unions, Lakas ng Manggagawa Center, and Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino for the labor sector.
Signatories to the Manifesto also committed to “actively sustain and conduct joint orientation in the national, regional and provincial level, together with other relevant partners, to raise the awareness of all government and non-government sectors towards consciously adhering to and abiding with the provisions of the Philippine Constitution, Labor Code of the Philippines, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Labor Standards, particularly ILO Convention Nos. 87 and 98, International Humanitarian Law, and other international treaties, accords and instruments where the Philippines is a signatory.”
The Manifesto was signed during the Summit on the Protection and Promotion of Workers’ Rights held on Dec. 6, 2011 at the Bayleaf in Intramuros, Manila, and organized by the Bureau of Labor Relations.
