CIVIL SERVANTS’ RIGHT TO ORGANIZE | Senate OKs ratification of 39-year old ILO convention

“This will bolster the domestic and international status of the Philippines as a leader in promoting and protecting labor and civil rights,” Legarda said.

The Convention promotes sound labor relations between public authorities and public employees’ organizations through the protection of the right to organize, granting of facilities or privileges to its representatives, full development and utilization of machinery for negotiation of terms and conditions of employment, and promotion of civil and political rights of public employees.

Legarda: PHL Senate, Indonesian Parliamentarians Exchange Notes on Env’t and Climate Change, Eyes PHL-Indo Parliamentary Group

Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, sees stronger collaboration on environmental and climate change programs between the Philippines and Indonesia following the visit of Indonesian parliamentarians in the Senate on Wednesday (August 9, 2017).

Legarda optimistic Senate will ratify ILO treaty to protect gov’t workers

Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed confidence on Wednesday that the Senate would pass the report on third reading and accede to ratify ILO Convention 151 next week.

In a statement, Legarda said that, if the Philippine should be ratify the convention, it would be the first Asian country to do so. Such move would also boost the country’s domestic and international status as a leader in promoting and protecting labor and civil rights, she added.

Legarda Seeks Stronger Gov’t Support for Indigenous Peoples

In observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) and the Philippine National IP Day today, August 9, Senator Loren Legarda said that members of indigenous communities can take part in the country’s development if given more opportunities and stronger support by the government.

Senate Approves ILO Convention 151 on Second Reading

The Senate, on Monday (August 7), has approved on Second Reading the Committee Report seeking its concurrence in the ratification of theConvention Concerning the Protection of the Right to Organise and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service (ILO Convention 151).