TUCP expresses concern over displacement of 24,000 ARMM public sector workers dislodged by new Bangsamoro Transition Council

By TUCP-Nagkaisa
October 12, 2014

QUEZON CITY – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-Nagkaisa expresses concern over the displacement of around 24,000 public sector workers currently employed in municipalities, cities, provincial and regional government offices once the Autonomous Regions in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is dissolved and taken over by Bangsamoro Transition Council within next year.

During the House of Representatives committee deliberation on the provisions on the new Bangsamoro law presided by TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Mendoza, CSC resource persons disclosed the commission have no preparation in place when asked about the displacement.

“The labor center expresses concern over the unknown fate of these workers who will be dislodged once the Bangsamoro law takes effect. We call on the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to step in and take the necessary course of action. We are wondering why the commission has no preparations towards one of very important elements of the transition issue,” said Gerard Seno, executive vice president of the Associated Labor Unions (ALU).

Seno said the labor group is proposing that the CSC take in command of ensuring that the workforce be integrated into the new Bangsamoro government using lateral transfer and merit-based integration rather than leaving their fate to circumstances.