Assistance to Agricultural Laborers, Farmworkers and Tenants in the Coconut Industry

June 3, 1980

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1035

WHEREAS, agricultural laborers, farmworkers and tenants in the coconut industry are affected by the current depressed prices of coconut products in the international market; cd i

WHEREAS, it is imperative that the said workers and laborers be extended full assistance by the government during this period of depressed prices.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby order the following:

1. The Minister of Labor and Employment to ensure that all applicable provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines and other labor and social legislations enacted for the benefit of agricultural laborers in the coconut industry, including but not limited to, the laws and provisions on wages, hours and days of work, medical and dental services, occupational safety and health, employee's compensation, medical, manpower development and training, social security and retirement benefits; acd

2. The Minister of Agrarian Reform to see to it that full protection is afforded to all the agricultural tenants in the coconut industry and that the provisions of tenancy and other agrarian laws, particularly, but not limited to those that govern security of tenure, crop sharing, and possibly leasehold, are strictly and thoroughly implemented;

3. The Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Coconut Authority to draw up with the Philippine Coconut Producers Federation, Inc. (COCOFED) programs for the extension of more social benefits to agricultural workers, laborers and tenants in the coconut industry, such as scholarships and training programs.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty.. aisa dc