Ilutetle utses solons:

'Pass $o-tflor[Grlffils
-'Thitis wht mY bdnrinistration
President Duterte has called on tras'imptemented measures
within
Congress to Pads measures that itl-oo*i"tt to afford tull protection
will protect the rights of Filipino
'
ii'i.l"iito PrPmote equal
work
workers to secqrity of tenure .to o-ooortunities'for alli' he added:
self-oiganization, noting that the 'buterte called on the Congress
plight of laborers has not changed tn-Oi ineit Part, noting thgt fe
is-
over time. li"iov aio wnat he could bY order
In his Labor DaY message, Du- t"io"i.it Year
- -r,r"l-fr Executive
terte recognized that the nation's which implemen(s existing
strength has alwaYs dePended on. provl-
constitutional and statutory
the hard work, grit, and Persever- -'it-
iions aqainst illegal contracting'
ance of the labor force. r-emain optimistic that".'
"EverY Year, we set aside this r.nu-.*tt"tPurt in Congress will
day to celebrate their valuable
not onlY in the
;til;t' Passing much needed
fully
contributions L-oitiutiu"' t"asures that will
struggle to Provide a better life o-r"ot"at our workerd rights, es-
for our peoPle, but in building the ;;;i;lt to securitY of tenure and
foundations of a more Promising leti-oriranization,'
--itre"PresiOent
he said'
future for succeeding genera- hoPed that the
woulo
tions," he said. obseruance of Labor DaY
However, the President ex' iti*it" .u"tYone to helP workers
pressed regret that despite the *h['ui" in the country's
annual observance and efforts to- Drooress'"*bntial
neb tnem. the lives and working
I ' "iltaY this solemn observance
conditions of laborers seem to insoiil all of us to work together
have not imProved, ili-iiit"ttl"ts the plisht of. our
-creating
"It unfoftunate, however, that
is *otf."o bY an environ-
despite this YearlY observance, ment conducive to their Personal
the plight of our workers, espe- growth and de-
unl
".r"it..tl'
Pior"ttional
cially thosq who choose to leave Duterte said' (ArgYll
their familiEs so theY maY earn Geducos)
better comPensation abroad, re-
niains tlre samel Duterte said.
" PA(}e '& "