PAGSASABATAS NG DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS, IKINATUWA NG TUCP

IKINATUWA ng Trade Union Congress of the Philippines ang pagsasabatas ng Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) para sa ating Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) at Seafarers.

“For decades, our OFWs had no house in the Executive branch. Their needs were met by different agencies which were all separate and far apart. Now there is a single house – this department, which will care for all of their needs,” saad ni Rep. Chairperson of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs at principal author ng DMW’s House version.

Ang DMW ang gagawa ng mga polisiya, plano at mga programa na titiyak sa proteksyon at paglutas sa mga problemang kinakaharap ng mga manggagawang Pinoy na nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa.

“The DMW will orchestrate all our efforts and policies, which unfortunately were previously fragmented. We need this unification to protect our OFWs. With POEA as our backbone, a total of seven (7) offices were merged to form the DMW (Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA), Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO), International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP). The Overseas Workers Welfare Agency (OWWA) will be an attached agency of the new Department,” dagdag ng labor representative.

Noong nakaraang Huwebes nang pirmahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Republic Act 11641 o DMW.