OFW

Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan criticized House Bill 387, also known as the OFW Liberalization Act of 2007, saying that it exacerbates further Arroyo's labor export program by making it a permanent policy.
 
“The government wants to intensify its efforts in exporting our people instead of generating domestic employment in the economy. With HB 387, government will let go all pretensions with regard to the protection and promotion of the rights of overseas Filipino workers,” Ilagan said.
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“The Arroyo administration should avoid dilly-dallying in attending to the needs of the OFWs especially those who are in jails and death rows in the Middle East and China,” said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luzviminda Ilagan, urging the government to double its efforts in providing assistance to troubled OFWs.
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"A moratorium on all the unnecessary and excessive fees collected by the Philippine government from overseas Filipino workers should immediately be put in place to help OFWs cope with the worldwide economic and financial crisis," Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan said during the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs meeting on Wednesday.  read more »

"It is such a shame that while the US court found that Sentosa clearly violated the Filipino nurses' rights, the Philippine government remains blind to their plight, as well as to the calls of other OFWs victimized by recruitment agencies," Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan said condemning the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration's lack of action on the years old 'Sentosa 27' case.  read more »

The continuous implementation of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Memorandum Circular 04 (MC-04), which sets illogical and unreasonable requirements for the direct hiring of OFWs, is highly detrimental to the rights and wellbeing of Filipino migrant workers in the face of global financial meltdown and massive retrenchments abroad.  read more »