NAPC-WIS adopted IETFA drafted by ALLWIES

Susanita Tesiorna drafted the "Informal Economy Transitioning to Formal Act" and presented to the National Anti-Poverty Commission-Workers in the Informal Sector Council in a legally constituted meeting on July 22, 2016 at the NAPC Conference Room.

The draft has the very important provisions of the ILO Recommnedation No. 204 of 2016 with the important provisions from the MACWIE bills filed in the 16th Congress. It is expected that it will be presented to other informal sector advocates like the MAGCAISA, the social partners and the Departmet of Labor and Employment before submission to sponsors of both houses (Senate and House of Representatives). 

The ILO Recommendation No. 204 of 2016 is in No. 8 of the Sustainable Development Goals and according to DG Guy Rider of the ILO, it will save half of humanity. All member countries of ILO are encouraged to implement this.

All advocates are invited for the next round of meeting with relevant agencies. Notices will be sent to you soon. 

A Letter to President Rodrigo R. Duterte from the workers in the informal economy

A letter signed by the President of ALLWIES, Susanita Tesiorna, was officially received on July 4, 2016 at the office of the Presidential Management Staff, Malacañan, transmitting the Resolution of workers in the informal economy representing the 17 administrative regions of the country signed during the 2016 Celebration of Workers in the Informal Economy Day, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1215 dated April 30, 1998. The activity was DOLE led with full support of ALLWIES and NAPC-Workers in the Informal Sector Council.

The said Resolution is titled "A RESOLUTION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE THE ILO R. 204 CONCERNING THE TRANSITION OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY A GUIDE TO LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE AGENDA ON POVERTY REDUCTION AND ATTAINMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS".

Copies of the said letter will be furnished to NAPC, NEDA, DILG, DOLE, DTI, DOH, DSWD, PSA, DOH and other agencies as the resolution calls every member state of ILO to develop integrated policies in responding to the issues of the informal economy, namely:  1) informal sector or informal economic units, 2) workers in the informal sector (informal economic units), and, 3) informal workers outside the informal economic units. Informal economy is a governance issue.

With the 18 administrative regions represented during the Celebration, it is claimed that the following workers are being represented, based on ILO, Geneva data,  as follows:

                a)70.1% of persons in informal employment
                b)72.5% persons employed in informal sector
                c) 11.5% persons in informal employment outside the informal sector.

The full text of the Resolution:

104th International Labour Conference Adopted ILO Recommendation No. 204 Concerning the Transition of Informal to Formal Economy

The landmark labour standard for the informal economy was adopted on June 11, 2015 during the 104th International Labour Conference held in the United Nations Palace, Geneva, Switzerland.
Numbered as ILO Recommendation No. 204 Concerning the Transition from the Informal Economy to the Formal, Mr. Guy Rider, Director General of the International Labour Organization said, in his speech during the Final Plenary Sitting  of the Conference, that this gives hope to reduce poverty for half of the humanity.  

Mr. Guy Rider showed the document.

The Workers' Bureau for the ILO Governing Board on this double standard sitting Recommendation of which one of them, in-charge of Asia Pacific is Susanita Tesiorna, President of ALLWIES.

Susanita Tesiorna was one of the four (4) from the Workers' Bureau who delivered speech in behalf of the Asia-Pacific Workers to support the Workers' Position of the "Conclusion of the Committee on Transitioning the Informal Economy to the Formal" and appealed for affirmative votes.

The ILO R. 204 shall serve as guidance to the member countries of which the challenge is the implementation of member countries.

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Workers' Support for the CTIE Recommendation during ILC 2014

          This speech of Susanita "Babes" G.  Tesiorna, hereto attached, expressed the Integrated Approach of Social Protection Policies to be endorsed to ILO Member Countries which is aimed to have Recommendation in the 104th  International Labour Conference in 2015.  The other three (3) speakers spoke of presenting the decent work deficits of the workers in the informal economy, issues in the implementation with the local governments and issues on the absence of informal workplaces in the national legislations. 

          Ms. Tesiorna congratulated the Chairperson of the Committee for handling well the most
challenging committee, with a weak document accordingly, the Committee on Transitioning the Informal Economy Workers to the Formal (C.T.I.E.), the workers and employers vice-chairpersons as respective spokespersons and the government for expressing the best inputs towards the Committee's recommendations. She also thanked fellow workers in the committee.

          She thanked the Office of the President of the Philippines, the Department of Labor and Employment and TUCP-ITUC for entrusting her the representation as one of the workers delegates. She was selected from the workers delegates in This Committee to become a member of the Bureau  tasked to review the recommendations, lobby to the government, negotiate with the employers and coordinate workers activities.  Babes Tesiorna was in-charge of Asia-Pacific.

          According to Ms. Tesiorna and the pre-departure challenges she went through, she knows she delivered a very good performance in the Conference for the protection and development of the workers in the informal economy, not only for her country, but for the 185-member countries of International Labour Organization.  

 
 

     







              ILO-UNICEF-EU supported ALLWIE/S in its conduct of Training of EBF Peer Educators in the Informal Workplaces in three cities namely Naga, Zamboanga and Iloilo. This project is under the Nutrition Security and Maternity Protection (NSMP) Project through Exclusive and Continued Breastfeeding.

Iloilo City

             Building on the gains of the MDG-F2030 Project, ALLWIE/S continued as external collaborator for the informal workplace.  It implements project activities in compliance of commitments under the Memorandum of Agreements signed by the ILO Tripartite Constituents, the principal duty bearers among the national government agencies of the RA 10028 and the City Governments mentioned.

 

 

            The module developed by the WHO-UNICEF was used, however, sessions were added as part 1 to incorporate the workers rights especially the Decent Work and Social Protection Framework of the government.  



Zamboanga City

           The last part of the training was the re-entry planning of both the transport and vendors group which capacitates them how to submit a budget proposal for the sustainability of the Lactation Station from the LGU GAD budget as provided in the RA 10028.

            The local city health offices were also present to support the activity and the sustainability of the program which will be later turned over to the City Government. 



Naga City

          Zamboanga Informal Workplace Exclusive Breastfeeding Educators supported ALLWIE/S President, Susanita Tesiorna, during the Jan. 22, 2014 Legislative Session in Zamboanga City as she presented the Legislative Agenda to institutionalize programs and policies for the informal workplaces in the city development plan by amending City Ordinance No. 377 of 2011.

          ALLWIE/S thanked the leadership of Mayor Beng Climaco, Vice Mayor Iturradle for making its presentation No. 1 in the Business Agenda.  For the informal sector, it was very historic. 

         The output, the Legislative Committees on Health and Women and Family Affairs will jointly conduct very soon the public hearing.

          Ms. Tesiorna was invited by the legislators to be in the public hearing.