Coalition of labor groups ready to meet President Duterte on Monday

A coalition of labor organizations is optimistic that their meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte will be a fruitful one. (File Photo: The TUCP PARTY LIST/ Facebook)

MANILA –A coalition of labor organizations is optimistic that their meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte will be a fruitful one.

In a statement, the Nagkaisa labor coalition said its members are ready to hold the dialogue with the President on Monday.

“We are positive the President will listen to us and act on the issue of contractualization and other labor issues we will raise before him,” the group said.

They added that they are also willing to listen to what the Chief Executive will tell them.

“We are also eager to listen to what he will say and looking forward to what he will say,” the Nagkaisa said.

The group added, “We are hopeful that in the exchange he will understand and find inspiration that as President he has power to uplift the worsening condition of workers and make wealth not only exclusive to a few.

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Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III, earlier announced that President Duterte will meet with employees’ groups to personally hear their concerns.

The DOLE chief is also looking forward that the discussion will result to the crafting of a compromise between workers and employers’ group in ending illegal contractualization practices.

The members of Nagkaisa are: the Alliance of Free Workers (AFW) , All Filipino Workers Confederation (AFWC), Automobile Industry Workers Alliance (AIWA), Alab Katipunan, Association of Genuine Labor Organizations (AGLO), Associated Labor Unions (ALU), Associated Labor Unions- Association of Professional Supervisory Officers Technical Employees Union (ALU-APSOTEU), ALU-Metal, Associated Labor Unions-Philippine Seafarers’Union (ALU-PSU), ALU-Textile, ALU-Transport, Associated Labor Unions-Visayas Mindanao Confederation of Trade Unions (ALU-VIMCOMTU), Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL), Association of Trade Unions (ATU), Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Confederation of Independent Unions (CIU), Confederation of Labor and Allied Social Services (CLASS), Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS), Federation of Coca-Cola Unions (FCCU), Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Kapisanan ng Maralitang Obrero (KAMAO), Katipunan, Pambansang Kilusan sa Paggawa (KILUSAN), Kapisanan ng mga Kawani sa Koreo sa Pilipinas (KKKP), Labor education and Research Network (LEARN), League of Independent Bank Organizations (LIBO), Manggagawa para sa Kalayaan ng Bayan (MAKABAYAN), MARINO, National Association of Broadcast Unions (NABU), National Federation of Labor Unions (NAFLU), National Mines and Allied Workers Union (NAMAWU), National Association of Trade Unions (NATU), National Confederation of Labor (NCL), National Confederation of Transport Union (NCTU), National Union of Portworkers in the Philippines (NUPP), National Union of Workers in Hotel, Restaurant and Allied Industries (NUWHRAIN), Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA), Pepsi Cola Employees Union of the Philippines (PEUP), Philippine Government Employees Association (PGEA), Pinag-isang Tinig at Lakas ng Anakpawis (PIGLAS), Philippine Integrated Industries Labor Union (PILLU), Philippine Independent Public Sector Employees Association (PIPSEA), Partido Manggagawa (PM), Philippine Metalworkers Alliance (PMA), Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK), Philippine Transport and General Workers Organization (PTGWO), SALIGAN, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Workers Solidarity Network (WSN).