{"id":165910,"date":"2018-06-02T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=165910"},"modified":"2018-06-02T05:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T09:30:52","slug":"pldt-workers-troop-to-claim-doles-regularization-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/02\/pldt-workers-troop-to-claim-doles-regularization-order\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT workers troop to claim DOLE’s regularization order"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arthur Castillo, president of the corporation\u2019s rank and file employees union, is hoping that PLDT employees’ actions would inspire workers in other parts of the country. (Photo<\/a>: PLDT\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0\u2014 More than 2,000 contractual employees of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) on Friday trooped to the company\u2019s Human Resources Division in Mandaluyong City to claim their regularization status as stated in the writ of execution issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), ordering the firm to regularize over 7,000 workers.<\/p>\n

Arthur Castillo, president of the corporation\u2019s rank and file employees union, is hoping that PLDT employees’ actions would inspire workers in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope what will happen right now would be a start to inspire and give hope to all the employees particularly the contractual workers in the country to claim what is rightfully for them,\u201d he said in an interview,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe told them that they also work hard in their jobs and it is only right that they get what is due them,\u201d added Castillo, a regular worker in the company.<\/p>\n

The employees\u2019 union head noted that the workers from different agencies employed in the company went to the PLDT office located at Teltec Building Boni Avenue, Dansalan, to have their regularization implemented telecom firm as ordered by the DOLE.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company should follow the order where more than 7,300 employees have to be regularized, which is stated in the writ of execution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Majority of the workers that reported in the office in Mandaluyong came from the National Capital Region while some of them were from Lucena, Bicol among others. The employees are from 30 agencies.<\/p>\n

Castillo also lauded the Duterte administration for coming up with an order favoring the laborers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis government has issued a directive which I think favors the workers. That I cannot deny. Many leaders have led the country but nothing happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Castillo said the employees’ union and management will meet on how the DOLE’s order would be implemented.<\/p>\n

The DOLE issued the writ of execution on May 30.<\/p>\n

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