Davao City – Consisting of representatives from labor and management sectors of different industries in Davao Region, the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC) XI held its annual general assembly on September 5, 2019 at the Ritz Hotel, this city.

RTIPC XI is composed of workers from the industries of tourism, mining, academe, maritime, banana, construction, information technology – business process management, and the Davao City Tripartite Industrial Peace Council, and the Department of Labor and Employment.

In his welcome remarks, DOLE XI OIC-ARD Jason P. Balais stated that, “Today, we are going to learn and acquaint ourselves with many of the developments particularly in the aspect of legislative actions pertaining to laws that have recently did pass. We will have the opportunity to clear our minds and even clarify things with the presence of our competitive and competent, of course, resource persons.”

The activity was graced by keynote speaker DOLE Undersecretary Ciriaco A. Lagunzad who said that, “We recognize it (tripartism) as a primary instrument in attaining and maintaining industrial peace. It is our way of promoting transparency, fairness, participative governance and sectoral accountability in addressing social disparity and improving the social cohesion among stakeholders. Let us therefore continue to make tripartism an avenue to further empower workers and employers, and strengthen convergence among social partners. We always subscribe to the idea that working together can deliver positive results. We should work in harmony and in concert to ensure that the needed reforms toward promotion of industrial peace are achieved through the engagement of government, workers, and the employers.” 

Highlighting the general assembly were the conduct of the following learning sessions:  RA 11360 – Service Charge Law by Mr. Nicanor V. Bon of DOLE Bureau of Working Condition (BWC); RA 11210 – Expanded Maternity Leave Law by Ms. Greta Fe M. Quayle of the Social Security System (SSS); and the New Version of Security of Tenure (SOT) Bill by Atty. Maria Consuelo S. Bacay, OIC-Director of DOLE Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR). (By Bernadine Xophia B. Bouffard, GIP, TSSD, DOLE RO XI)

Welcome Message. DOLE XI OIC-ARD Jason P. Balais stated that, “Today, we are going to learn and acquaint ourselves with many of the developments particularly in the aspect of legislative actions pertaining to laws that have recently did pass.