Labor groups stage protests; applicants troop to job fairs

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — While labor groups in Pampanga renewed their call for job security and wage increase, thousands of applicants trooped to a jobs fair sponsored by the government.
More than 700 laborers from Clark Freeport, Mabalacat and San Simon staged separate protests in Angeles City that both ended in short programs at the Plaza Miranda.
The Workers’ Alliance in Region 3 (War) along with government employees and supporters gathered at the Nepo Mall Quadrangle in Angeles City and later marched the city’s main streets.
Dexter Datu, War chairperson, said their group is still pushing for the P125 across the board wage increase. “Our fight for the P125 wage increase continues,” Datu said.
Datu said the daily basic wage rates of P173 to P302 in Central Luzon is still inadequate given the ballooning prices of oil, food and other basic goods and services.
In an earlier rally, the Manggagawa Para sa Kalayaan ng Bayan (Makabayan) in Pampanga started their protest at the Bayanihan Park near the Clark Freeport main gate. The group later marched to Plaza Miranda in Angeles City.
Ludynela Hamor, spokesperson of the Makabayan in Pampanga, said they are continuing their call to job security and abolishment of contractualization.
Hamor also said they are also pushing for a wage that can support a laborer’s family. She did not, however, give an amount.
Across the region, labor groups have also staged protests.
In Zambales, hundreds of workers and unionists from various factories inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) together with their supporters from the religious, urban poor and other sectors gathered at the Rizal Park Triangle.
In Tarlac, thousands of workers from Luisita Industrial Park (LIP) gathered at the Ninoy Park and held a rally.
Tarlac is President Benigno Aquino III’s hometown.
In Bataan, labor groups have also gathered on a forum on the Filipino workers state.

Simultaneous jobs fair
While laborers rallied, fresh graduates along with other unemployed individuals trooped to the simultaneous job fairs of the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Luzon.
In Pampanga alone, at least 50 companies with more than 2,000 job vacancies have started screening applicants at the SM City Pampanga.
Jerry Borja, information officer of the Dole in Central Luzon, said about 2,300 applicants trooped to the fair since it opened at 10 a.m.
Aside from Pampanga, the Dole also held similar activities at the Bataan People’s Center (Provincial Capitol), SM Marilao and SM Baliwag (Bulacan), Freedom Park (Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija), Camp Aquino (San Miguel, Tarlac City) and Triangle (Olongapo City).
The simultaneous fair carried the theme, “Tuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran para sa Lahat.”
It primarily aims to open the doors for employment opportunities for local and overseas employment for jobseekers, displaced workers, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and OFW repatriates, residing in Central Luzon.
The Dole held the fair along with its attached agencies including the agency’s Regional Coordinating Committee, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, National Conciliation and Mediation Board, National Labor Relations Commission and the Philippine Employment Overseas Administration.
However, War Chairperson Datu said the fair only proves the huge number of unemployed individuals in the region.
Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on May 02, 2011.

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2011/05/01/labor-groups-

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