"Still, it doesn't end the issue."
It is undeniable that the working class condemn the regime for mocking their plight.
For as the labouring maases converged in Mendiola in Manila as well as on other protest centers around the country, the desire for just, dignified labour and employment has been its main call- especially in a time a government whose leader promises to put an end only to end seeing him reluctant.
Only to find him and his clique affording to create an "Executive Order" that according to theirs "can end" that unjust practise- when in fact it made fools out of those who yearn.
For no matter how it tries to appear just in the eyes of the labourers, the newly-signed "Executive Order" no.51 ignores the just demands, as well as misleads as it assumes that "it will end " schemes like "Endo" and "Contractualization" when in fact further entrenches those anti-worker practices.
Firstly, the directive shows lack of genuine commitment to end contractualisation, but instead, it further legalises the practise. For it merely reiterates anti-labour provisions in the labour code, it shows that it tolerates schemes regardless of its populist appeal.
Second, it worsens the existing loopholes in labor law such as the Labour Department's Order 174. Prior to the issuance of the directive, "D.O. 174" sets out policies as to which forms are illegal, but does not ban contractualization altogether. And with the Directive currently in force, it further establishes labor contracting through agencies as the standard of employment in the country; as well as making way for massive retrenchments, re-alignment, and re-hiring of regular workers as contractuals under third party contracting agencies.
And third, the directive's implementation, particularly those of regularisation orders now lie on the president's hand. True that there are orders brought by the Labour Department calling for regularising contractuals in various companies and institutions, some of which are even shown in papers and in social media; but amidst all these show-offs, not all orders for regularisation are been taken seriously as the majority of those remain unimplemented. Worse, those order from DOLE regional offices, especially those involving big multinational companies, were even reversed by Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello III himself.
It even removes the provision which sets out a budget for the order's implementation! Isn't it that clear how the regime showing lack of commitment in enacting? Or is the regime, despite babbling messages of change, is obviously supporting the interests of the few and not of the have-not?
It even removes the provision which sets out a budget for the order's implementation! Isn't it that clear how the regime showing lack of commitment in enacting? Or is the regime, despite babbling messages of change, is obviously supporting the interests of the few and not of the have-not?
All in all, that directive is a total rejection of Filipino workers’ demand for regular, just, and dignified jobs. To cite Lenin, It hath made the working class draws into revolutionary action the masses of the working and exploited people, who are deprived of basic rights and driven to despair. No matter how the president and his clique insist that signed piece as making way for major changes, Duterte, who still kowtows to the oligarchs, has again killed the hopes of millions of contractuals of being regularised. Thus, that E.O. 51 is nonetheless anti-worker, pro-contractualization, and pro-big business- and therefore should be junked alongside its earlier unjust decrees affecting Labour.
Furthermore,that directive, no matter how its makers insist, has no power of legislation (therefore cannot be considered as 'law' and thus cannot compel businesses to follow its mandate), making its nature be restricted to the executive branch and can be reversed by the Judiciary, the Legislature, or its succeeding presidents.
From this, in order to really make a difference in ending that scheme, then it requires an enabling act- and it has to go through the legislature in order to become a law (Republic Act); on the first place, the order is far from a presidential decree which everyone accustomed to, and as for the 1987 constitution- the president has no power to issue laws, let alone proclamations and orders which has to be supplanted by an enabling act which again, done by the legislature.
But that's not all. Contractualisation and "Endo" aren't just the main topics workers currently facing. Existing issues like lower wages, high prices of commodities, layoffs, and silencing union leaders and its supporters shows that the regime truly adheres to preserve the status quo while assuming that they are making various changes. And no matter how Duterte and his gang afforded to create an executive order enough to mellow down growing protests, instead it didn't stop the commotion between the present order and its labouring subjects.
This is what everyone sees in this goddamn Philippines: A political crisis is maturing before everyone's eyes- to Cite Lenin: "The bourgeoisie has done everything in its power to back counter-revolution and ensure “peaceful development” on this counter-revolutionary basis."- and these are in a form of military and police operations against the concerned mass, alongside those of paper "reforms" that benefits the haves, with bouts of publicities making the regime appear as "revolutionary."
Source: http://kilusangmayouno.org/signed-eo-51-legalizes-not-ends-contractualization/#.Wuw7F--FOUk
But that's not all. Contractualisation and "Endo" aren't just the main topics workers currently facing. Existing issues like lower wages, high prices of commodities, layoffs, and silencing union leaders and its supporters shows that the regime truly adheres to preserve the status quo while assuming that they are making various changes. And no matter how Duterte and his gang afforded to create an executive order enough to mellow down growing protests, instead it didn't stop the commotion between the present order and its labouring subjects.
This is what everyone sees in this goddamn Philippines: A political crisis is maturing before everyone's eyes- to Cite Lenin: "The bourgeoisie has done everything in its power to back counter-revolution and ensure “peaceful development” on this counter-revolutionary basis."- and these are in a form of military and police operations against the concerned mass, alongside those of paper "reforms" that benefits the haves, with bouts of publicities making the regime appear as "revolutionary."