Group asks presidential bets: How will you end contractualization?

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Saturday urged presidential candidates to bare their plans on how they will end contractualization.

The group's Formal Labor and Migrant Workers (FLMW) Sectoral Council made the appeal a day in time for the worldwide observance of Labor Day.

During the last leg of the PiliPinas Debates 2016, all presidential candidates pledged to end contractualization in the country.

"Top-most in our agenda is the eradication of contractualization and the passage of the Security of Tenure Bill which has been languishing in both houses of congress for such a long time,” said Edwin Bustillos of the FLMW.

The NAPC said that even as contractualization is illegal, several companies hire "temporary workers who receive less or no social protection and benefits at all."

“There is a loophole in our labor laws, which is why many companies have been able to get away with legal charges. We need to map out strategies on how to address the continuously eroding job security of government and private sector employees,” Bustillos said.

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“The passage of the Security of Tenure Bill should be accompanied by a clear agro-industrial policy, rural development and growth of manufacturing sector that will provide sustained jobs for our people," he added. —ALG, GMA News