In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) on Wednesday expressed its solidarity with girls employees of their wrestle for equal rights and alternatives within the office.
“The FFW recognizes the significant role that we women play in the labor force and our valuable contributions to the economy,” mentioned FFW Women’s Network (FWN) President Maria Victoria Bellosillo.
FWN is the Women’s Committee of the FFW that has a daily seat within the Governing Body.
Besides taking part in manufacturing and providers and being accountable for unpaid care work, Bellosillo mentioned that ladies’s productive position in society is simple, noting that with out girls, the financial system and look after future generations would endure.
The FWN additionally joined different girls employees from the Women Workers United (WWU) in a dialogue with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
However, regardless of their contributions, girls nonetheless face quite a few struggles within the office in in the present day’s society.
“Women’s employment in contractual work and odd jobs in the informal sector are significant barriers to their unionization,” Bellosilllo added, noting that feminine union density charges stay low at 2.7%.
Arta Maines, president of the United Cirtek Employees Association-FFW and FWN National Vice President, highlighted girls employees’ exploitation and discrimination.
“Ang daming babaeng manggagawang kontratwal lalo dito sa amin sa Laguna. Many women workers are still employed as contract and agency workers, and they have fewer privileges compared to male workers. They face inequalities in hiring policies, wages, benefits, leaves, and even in workplace facilities,” she mentioned.
She burdened girls don’t have any voice in creating labor insurance policies and decision-making that impacts them.
“We will fight for the regularization of contract and agency workers and wage increases,” she mentioned.
Moreover, FFW mentioned Viatris Employees Union signed a CBA with administration the opposite day.
“With significant contributions of women, we were able to successfully organize a union and then negotiate our CBA without encountering many obstacles. This highlights the importance of women in the forefront, women’s participation in the workplace, and our valuable contributions to achieving our collective goals,” mentioned Hernandez.
Tiffany Ong, FFW Vice President for Visayas, asserts, “the government should take the lead in initiating wage increases among health workers.”
According to the aggregator iPrice Group examine, the Philippines has the bottom salaries for nurses and medical technologists in Southeast Asia.
“Our health workers are crucial front liners in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic,” mentioned Ong, the union president of the Iloilo Mission Hospital Employees’ Association.
“We must not hesitate to become leaders and fight for equality. The FFW supports our struggle for equal rights and opportunities in the workplace,” Ong added.
Meanwhile, the FFW accepted a number of insurance policies at its final National Convention, highlighting the necessity for ladies’s participation.
Ong additionally urged the federal government to ratify International Labour Organization (ILO Convention No. 190) to pave the best way for eliminating violence and harassment within the World of Work.
“Together, let us stand with women workers and continue to fight for gender equality in the workplace,” Bellosillo added. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
