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TUCP to employers: Vaccinate workers

The Manila Times 31 Mar 2021

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) also appealed to the government to adopt Indonesia’s mass inoculation strategy, which prioritizes young working-age adults ... What more evidence is needed to prove that all workers are “essential” workers?” TUCP stressed.

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Business, labor groups ask SSS to defer premium hike

Manila Bulletin 18 Jan 2021

Business and labor groups have asked the Social Security System to defer premium hike until the new law is adopted ... epresenting the employers, and the Federation of Free Workers, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines representing the labor sector ... Joel Villanueva, TUCP Party-List Rep ... .

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TUCP pushes for vaccine prioritization for workers

Manila Bulletin 14 Jan 2021

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said workers should be among the first to receive inoculations against the COVID-19 virus ... TUCP said non-medical frontliners cannot be given enough recognition for the work that they have done so tirelessly during the pandemic.

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TUCP appeals to gov’t to provide P11,000 monthly wage subsidy to ‘new poor’ workers

Manila Bulletin 30 Nov 2020

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has appealed to the government to provide an P11,000 monthly wage subsidy to the "new poor" workers severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic ... .

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Create more jobs, TUCP asks government

The Philippine Star 30 Nov 2020

Labor groups held a protest at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City to demand from the government jobs and benefits for workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic as the nation commemorated Bonifacio Day yesterday ... .

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Stricter work permit for foreign workers out soon – TUCP

The Philadelphia Inquirer 27 Sep 2020

... work permit for foreign workers in the Philippines will be out soon, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said Sunday.

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TUCP to government: Look into jobs quality, not just numbers

The Philippine Star 05 Sep 2020

Labor partylist group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is urging the government to look into the quality of jobs in the country even as the latest jobs data indicated an easing in unemployment numbers ... .

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TUCP urges gov’t to further analyze unemployment data

Manila Bulletin 04 Sep 2020

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has urged the government to analyze further the unemployment data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), saying “the quality of employment is extremely problematic.” ... to 10 percent in July 2020, TUCP President Rep.

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TUCP seeks ratification of Work in Fishing Convention

The Philippine Star 28 Aug 2020

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has called for the immediate ratification of International Labor Convention 188 or the Work in Fishing Convention ... .

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Labor groups surprised that TUCP sided with anti-ABS CBN franchise

Manila Bulletin 12 Jul 2020

The vote of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) party-list Rep ... “We are really surprised, to say the least, about TUCP not supporting even the interest of the 11,000 workers, who would lose their jobs at the ABS-CBN,” KMU Chairman Elmer Labog said in a separate interview.

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TUCP sees 12 million job losses

Manila Standard Today 25 Jun 2020

5 million more job cuts by yearend The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said Thursday the biggest job losses come from accommodation and food services, where more than a third of workers have lost employment, followed by arts and recreation services, where 27 percent of staff have found themselves out of work.

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Anti-terrorism bill to kill unionism, says TUCP exec

Inquirer 04 Jun 2020

Raymond Mendoza of the partylist group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) voted against the passage of the controversial anti-terrorism bill ... .

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TUCP seeks gov’t subsidies for displaced OFWs

Journal Online 25 Mar 2020

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Wednesday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to include displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the social amelioration and adjustment programs authorized through the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act. " TUCP party-list Rep ... TUCP also urged the government to fast-track the repatriation process.

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TUCP bucks lifting of Kuwait ban

Manila Standard Today 15 Feb 2020

READ ... That Sec. Bello announced the lifting of the ban in his meeting with local recruitment agencies clearly revealed Bello’s misplaced priorities,” said TUCP president Raymond Mendoza ... This leaves a bad taste in our mouths. DOLE and POEA are dealing a disservice to our President’s advocacy for OFWs,” he added ... READ ... .

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TUCP slams ’ineffective’ gov’t hotlines for OFWs

Manila Standard Today 22 Jan 2020

TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay made the revelation after the congressional hearing on the case of murdered household helper Jeanelyn Villavende, who was brutally raped and murdered by her Kuwaiti employer. “Their overall testimonies reveal the government response to troubled OFWs does not have established proven protocols and mechanism ... .