{"id":149248,"date":"2018-01-27T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T01:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149248"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:20:51","slug":"labor-groups-launch-pambansang-day-off-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/27\/labor-groups-launch-pambansang-day-off-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor groups launch \u2018Pambansang Day Off\u2019 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46871\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_156627560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46871\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_156627560.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: With this, the Domestic Work TWG urged President Rodrigo Duterte to declare the \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d on June 12, Independence Day. (Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_156627560.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_156627560-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_156627560-900x642.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: With this, the Domestic Work TWG urged President Rodrigo Duterte to declare the \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d on June 12, Independence Day. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Labor and domestic workers\u2019 organizations on Saturday launched the \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d campaign to raise awareness on their rights and call for inclusive social protection coverage for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Campaign to Promote Decent Work for Domestic Workers Technical Working Group (Domestic Work TWG) said despite the enactment of Republic Act 10361 or the Batas Kasambahay which requires mandatory coverage of domestic workers by all social protection institutions, not even 10 percent of the close to two million domestic workers had been registered with the Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG).<\/p>\n<p>Data from September 2015 show that the SSS has 158,567 registered kasamabahays, with PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG having worse numbers at 60,603 and 86,562.<\/p>\n<p>With this, the Domestic Work TWG urged President Rodrigo Duterte to declare the \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d on June 12, Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>They urged Duterte to allow domestic workers to take a \u201cday off\u201d on that day for them to be able to register for SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG, among others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy buspar online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/buspar.html\">revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/buspar.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want domestic workers across the country to take the day off on June 12 so that they can register to the SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG together with their employers,\u201d said Julius Cainglet, vice president of the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), one of the trade union members of the Domestic Work TWG.<\/p>\n<p>Araw ng Kasambahay was celebrated on January 18, to commemorate the day the Kasambahay Law was enacted five years ago.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra gold online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html\">revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDomestic workers do not benefit from holidays as other workers do. Workers are supposed to enjoy a day off on a holiday or get double pay when they work. But for domestic workers, a holiday is just an ordinary working day,\u201d said Cainglet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flagyl online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html\">revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMahalaga para sa aming mga kasambahay na magkaroon ng national day off pati na rin sa mga national holidays dahil kami ay mga manggagawa rin tulad ng ibang mga manggagawa,\u201d said Maia Montenegro, deputy secretary general of United Domestic Workers of the Philippines (United), which is one of the growing organizations of kasambahays in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHindi fully implemented ang batas pero gusto namin maramdaman na kami ay recognized ng lipunan bilang tunay na mga manggagawa. Hindi natin makakamit ang tunay na disenteng trabaho para sa mga kasambahay kung ang simpleng pahinga ay hindi nila natatamasa,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for a \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d was the result of regional conferences across the country conducted with and by domestic workers, domestic workers\u2019 organizations and trade unions late last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPambansang Day Off on Araw ng Kalayaan symbolizes the need for kasambahays to be free from slavery and slave-like conditions, where domestic work is rooted worldwide,\u201d added Cainglet<\/p>\n<p>Other activities in line for the Pambansang Day Off include domestic workers\u2019 rights orientations, skills training, free haircut, massage and manicure, games and raffle draws, ka-Zumba-hay and a free concert.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014\u00a0Labor and domestic workers\u2019 organizations on Saturday launched the \u201cPambansang Day Off\u201d campaign to raise awareness on their rights &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":46871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15802,44914],"class_list":["post-149248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-labor-groups","tag-pambansang-day-off","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281977,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149248\/revisions\/281977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}