Establishment of Adequate Machinery for Positive Cooperation Between Labor and Management
Letter of Instructions No. 688, issued on May 1, 1978, directs the Secretary of Labor, along with the presidents of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), to create a systematic scheme for enhancing cooperation between labor and management. This initiative aims to establish mechanisms that address common interests beyond traditional collective bargaining, fostering a partnership for justice-based development. The directive emphasizes the importance of ongoing progress reports detailing the scheme's implementation, benefits, challenges, and overall impact on labor relations.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 688
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 1, 1978
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 688
| TO | : | The Secretary of Labor |
| The President, TUCP | ||
| The President, ECOP |
You are hereby directed to devise a scheme which would promote systematically and on a sustained basis the establishment of an adequate machinery for positive cooperation between labor and management at appropriate levels of the enterprise. Such machinery should focus on matters of common interest to workers and employers but are not usually the subject of collective bargaining. The purpose is to broaden the base of labor-management cooperation and make them true partners in the pursuit of justice-based development cd i
You are further directed to submit to me, from time to time progress report on the implementation of the scheme, the benefits realized, the obstacles encountered and the over-all effect of the scheme in the labor relations system.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of May, 1978. casia
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Establishment of Adequate Machinery for Positive Cooperation Between Labor and Management, Letter of Instructions No. 688, May 1, 1978 (Philippines)
Establishment of Adequate Machinery for Positive Cooperation Between Labor and Management, Letter of Instructions No. 688 (Phil. 1978)
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