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Congress to tackle important bills when session resumes

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www.mindanaoexaminer.com

MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives is ready to initiate possible and necessary legislative reforms to rid policies and laws governing the power and oil industries of existing intrinsic flaws that tend to undermine national interest.  read more »

Probe urged on impact of global crisis on displaced workers

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Business Mirror

SAYING that the government’s response to retrenchments in several economic zones of the country as a result of the global economic crisis does not address the current plight of Filipino workers, militant legislators are seeking an investigation into  the impact of the global economic crisis on these workers, particularly those who were dislocated.  read more »

HR 1123 - Investigate the impact of the global economic crisis on Filipino women workers

HR 1123 – Resolution calling onthe House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment and Committee onWomen and Gender Equality to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on theimpact of the global economic crisis on Filipino workers, particularly on theextent of retrenchment and dislocation of women workers, and on the nationaleconomy and recommend measures that would provide immediate relief to theworkers and ensure that their rights and welfare are protected as well asmeasures that would address the national impact of such massive workdisplacement

HR 1125 - Investigate the violent dispersal of Chong Won and Phils Jeon workers in Cavite Export Processing Zone

HR 1125 – A resolutiondirecting the House of Representatives Committees on Labor and Employment andHuman Rights to conduct an investigation on the violent dispersal of the ChongWon Fashion, Inc. and Phils. Jeon, Inc. workers who went on strike at theCavite Export Processing Zone (CPEZ) allegedly by Philippine Economic ZoneAuthority’s (PEZA) police force and members of Jantro Security agency, andtheir Thrity-three (33) union leaders and members by the Rosario, CaviteMunicipal Trial Court, as well as other workers’ strike, and recommend measuresto protect workers against company coercion and violence and uphold theirrights as enshrined in the Philippine Constitution

HR 987 - OFW retrenchment in Taiwan and Korea

A resolution directing the House Committees on Labor, Foreign Affairs and Overseas Workers Affairs to conduct an investigation into the alleged neglect of retrenched Overseas Filipino Workers especially from the Taiwan and Korea, and recommend measures thereof including legal assistance in the filing of appropriate cases to recover their claims against erring employers in the host countries

HR 923 -Dismissal of Employees of the Intramuros Administration

Resolution directing the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the dismissal of Intramuros Administration (IA) employees alledgedly without undergoing due process, and recommend measures to protect the rights and welfare of the affected employees

Arroyo's Labor Export Policy and the GFMD Promotes the Trafficking of Filipinas – Gabriela Women's Party

Gabriela Women's Party today scored the Arroyo government and the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) for the intensified trafficking of Filipino women and children, through a protest parade today at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City.  read more »

HR 707- Probe on the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment Cases and Compliance of Firms to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995

Resolution Directing the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment and the Committee on Women and Gender Equality immediately conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the prevalence of cases of sexual harassment perpetrated against women workers in establishments employing mostly women, and into the compliance of such firms to the provisions of RA 7877 or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995.

HR 694 - Bleustar Anti-labor practices

Resolution Calling On The House Of Representatives Committees On Labor And Employment To Conduct An Investigation, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Anti-Labor Practices Of The Bleustar Marketing And Manufacturing Corporanon (BMMC) And Recommend Measures To Ensure The Protection Of The Workers

HR 693 - Contractualization

Resolution Calling On The House Of Representatives Committee On Labor And Employment To Conduct An Investigation In Aid Of Legislation, On The Extent And Legality Of Flexible Labor Arrangements, And Recommend Measures To Protect The Rights And Welfare Of Workers
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