PAGLAOM, HINAGIBAN SA PANAGDAUG NGA MAKALILISANG!!!

Doubtlessly,   the recent celebration of Labor Day added insult to injury.

Almost always,  the hapless  workers  place themselves at the receiving end of the table  by taking the measly pie in exchange for an abusive "working environment".  Whether we like it or not, we have not seen enough of the unspeakable lies underneath every contractual agreement.

Amidst the terrible onslaught of the workers' rights,  the  clamor for major changes in the existing state of affairs of employment  has reverberated throughout the entire country.  Anti-climactic as it may seem,  the overhauling of labor laws by abhorring contractualization and demanding the termination of   all vestiges of abuses by employers and business stakeholders come out as  the ultimate solutions to end the  seeming standoff.

While the constitution states in clearest terms the promotion of social justice over cruel and inhumane treatment of labor but everything is lip service. Accordingly,   “ x-x-x the State should always show compassion and afford protection to those who are in most need––the laborers. Knowing that poverty and gross inequality are among the major problems of our country, then laws and procedures which have the aim of alleviating those problems should be liberally construed and interpreted in favor of the underprivileged.x-x-x-“

 Sadly, the workers continue to kowtow  to   the  questionable terms and conditions of their employment just to feed their empty stomachs.  Winning  the war against poverty is not the only thing,  it is everything if we cling on to the belief that, " while there is life,  there is hope".