REP. JOCELYN P. TULFO
ACT-CIS Party-list
Member, Committee on Social Services
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MORAL OBLIGATION OF DOLE TO EXTEND CASH AID AND JOB-MATCHING ASSISTANCE TO ABS-CBN WORKERS DISPLACED AMIDST PANDEMIC
["Millions of 'Kapamilya' will hold us accountable for our words and actions here in Congress." – Rep. Tulfo]
Given the decision of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to deny ABS-CBN Corporation's application for franchise renewal, I urge the Executive branch to immediately task the Department of Labor and Employment to extend cash aid and job-matching assistance to thousands of ABS-CBN workers who will be displaced due to the Philippines' biggest network's shutdown.
We must find ways to aid those thousands of employees caught in the crossfire of the legal dispute by facilitating their transfer to other existing networks or other competing firms in the same sector.
11,071 ang eksaktong bilang ng mga manggagawa ng ABS-CBN. Batid kong malaki ang mababawas sa bilang na iyan ngayong pormal nang inaalis ng Kongreso ang prangkisa ng network at maaari na lamang silang mag-operate online.
Sa gitna ng krisis na dinaranas ng bansa sanhi ng COVID-19 pandemic, marami nang nagsarang kumpanya kaya't lalong mahihirapang maghanap ng trabaho ang mga taga-ABS-CBN lalo pa yung mga may edad na. Kaya't kailangan ng job-matching assistance.
Moral na obligasyon din ng pamahalaan na bigyang ayuda ang mga apektadong trabahador. Ipinapanukala kong isali ang mga displaced ABS-CBN workers sa kasalukuyang ipinaiiral na one-time cash assistance ng DOLE.
P5,000 cash assistance lamang ang ipinamamahagi ng DOLE. Hindi kalakihang halaga ngunit mabuti na kaysa zero. Madaling makakakuha ng listahan ng mga ABS-CBN employees ang DOLE kaya't madali itong maipapamahagi sa mga susunod na araw.
P5,000 X 11,000 workers = P55 million.
Considering the success of the Department of Finance in securing loans to augment our country's finances, distributing aid totaling P55 million to displaced workers should not be a challenge. So far, the DOF has secured at least $7.8 billion worth of loans and bonds.
I am neither a regular Member nor an ex-officio Member of the Committee on Legislative Franchises that is why I do not vote on any franchise application pending before the Committee.
The quest to push for the ABS-CBN franchise renewal is far from over. ABS-CBN supporters may continue to push for franchise renewal. What happened yesterday was not the end.
Members of Congress will have to contend with the political reality that ABS-CBN has a strong following among millions of Filipinos. They are Kapamilya.
The Kapamilya are not trolls. They are real people. There are millions of them and many of them are voters from whom we get our mandate to serve here in Congress.
The Kapamilya will hold us accountable for our words and actions here in Congress.
Some of us may have had their fleeting moments of fame and infamy.
That is the very real political reality on top of considerations of merit, fairness, and justice. (END) - https://news.mikeligalig.com
ACT-CIS Party-list
Member, Committee on Social Services
https://www.facebook.com/jocelyntulfoinaction/ | 09177292437
MORAL OBLIGATION OF DOLE TO EXTEND CASH AID AND JOB-MATCHING ASSISTANCE TO ABS-CBN WORKERS DISPLACED AMIDST PANDEMIC
["Millions of 'Kapamilya' will hold us accountable for our words and actions here in Congress." – Rep. Tulfo]
Given the decision of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to deny ABS-CBN Corporation's application for franchise renewal, I urge the Executive branch to immediately task the Department of Labor and Employment to extend cash aid and job-matching assistance to thousands of ABS-CBN workers who will be displaced due to the Philippines' biggest network's shutdown.
We must find ways to aid those thousands of employees caught in the crossfire of the legal dispute by facilitating their transfer to other existing networks or other competing firms in the same sector.
11,071 ang eksaktong bilang ng mga manggagawa ng ABS-CBN. Batid kong malaki ang mababawas sa bilang na iyan ngayong pormal nang inaalis ng Kongreso ang prangkisa ng network at maaari na lamang silang mag-operate online.
Sa gitna ng krisis na dinaranas ng bansa sanhi ng COVID-19 pandemic, marami nang nagsarang kumpanya kaya't lalong mahihirapang maghanap ng trabaho ang mga taga-ABS-CBN lalo pa yung mga may edad na. Kaya't kailangan ng job-matching assistance.
Moral na obligasyon din ng pamahalaan na bigyang ayuda ang mga apektadong trabahador. Ipinapanukala kong isali ang mga displaced ABS-CBN workers sa kasalukuyang ipinaiiral na one-time cash assistance ng DOLE.
P5,000 cash assistance lamang ang ipinamamahagi ng DOLE. Hindi kalakihang halaga ngunit mabuti na kaysa zero. Madaling makakakuha ng listahan ng mga ABS-CBN employees ang DOLE kaya't madali itong maipapamahagi sa mga susunod na araw.
P5,000 X 11,000 workers = P55 million.
Considering the success of the Department of Finance in securing loans to augment our country's finances, distributing aid totaling P55 million to displaced workers should not be a challenge. So far, the DOF has secured at least $7.8 billion worth of loans and bonds.
I am neither a regular Member nor an ex-officio Member of the Committee on Legislative Franchises that is why I do not vote on any franchise application pending before the Committee.
The quest to push for the ABS-CBN franchise renewal is far from over. ABS-CBN supporters may continue to push for franchise renewal. What happened yesterday was not the end.
Members of Congress will have to contend with the political reality that ABS-CBN has a strong following among millions of Filipinos. They are Kapamilya.
The Kapamilya are not trolls. They are real people. There are millions of them and many of them are voters from whom we get our mandate to serve here in Congress.
The Kapamilya will hold us accountable for our words and actions here in Congress.
Some of us may have had their fleeting moments of fame and infamy.
That is the very real political reality on top of considerations of merit, fairness, and justice. (END) - https://news.mikeligalig.com
