A good news for all laborers this Labor Day: Duterte finally signs EO to end illegal contracting
Labor groups who have been pushing the government to end illegal contracting in the country finally got the answer they need as President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Executive Order regarding this matter.
The administration gave the demand of the laborers in the Philippines to end the controversial contractual system in some companies.
Based on the article published in Bander, the Chief Executive finally signed the EO on Labor Day.
It can be recalled that at the height of this issue, President Duterte stated that he will not sign the said EO and just passed it to Congress and let the lower House decide the fate of the laborers’ demand.
It was mentioned in the source article that the President signed the EO as a gift to all the workers in Cebu City in line with the celebration of the Labor Day.
According to Duterte, during his speech, there is a probation in the EO that is against the “illegal contracting at subcontracting”. The right to security of all the laborers in the country is also stated there, based on the source.