Bello to ALU-TUCP spox : See me and check number of regularized workers | Inquirer News

Bello to ALU-TUCP spox : See me and check number of regularized workers

/ 10:22 AM July 25, 2018

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has dared a labor group spokesperson to visit his office and personally see his list of regularized employees, after the spokesperson had accused Bello of misinforming President Rodrigo Duterte on the number of contractual employees who have been regularized across the country.

Bello said Alan Tanjusay, spokesperson of the Associated Labor Unions – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) is welcome to visit his office and verify the figures.

It was Tanjusay who had alleged that Bello misinformed the President that 300,000 workers in the private sector were regularized.

Article continues after this advertisement

“If he wants to see kung sino ‘yung mga naregularize namin, he is free to see me in the office,” Bello told ABS-CBN News Channel on Wednesday.

FEATURED STORIES

Tanjusay has argued that figure representing the number of regularized employees as cited by the President in his State of the Nation Address, referred to workers who were regularized by their manpower agencies and not by their principal employers.

Bello, however belied Tanjusay’s allegation.

Article continues after this advertisement

“Peke daw (It’s allegedly fake), which is not true. I will present to him the 300,000 kung kailangan (if needed),” he stressed.

Article continues after this advertisement

READ: Bello denies misleading Duterte, chides labor group spokesperson

Article continues after this advertisement

The labor secretary also clarified that what the President meant when he urged Congress to stop labor contractualization was to stop all illegal forms of contractual arrangement.

Bello however said the President’s order to end contractualization has certain exceptions, such as project-based and seasonal employees, or those hired for special occasions.  /muf

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

TAGS:

No tags found for this post.
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

© Copyright 1997-2024 INQUIRER.net | All Rights Reserved

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.