1st Week

April 11, 2011, Monday

Office

Orientation Day at the FFW Office, Quirino

It was our first time to meet our boss Mr. Julius Cainglet. We just had the usual introduction and getting to know each other. Sir Julius Cainglet explain and talked about Federation of Free Workers.

April 12, 2011, Tuesday

Field; Occupation, Safety and Health Center, Quezon City

"Pya Salvanera was here" :)

Round table discussion on Youth Employment and Migration: Strategic Plan at the Occupation, Safety and Health Center, Quezon City (DOLE, NYC)

Meeting and evaluation of the event

It was our first task as interns of FFW. I am not really familiar with labor issues so I was not able to raise issues and concerns. But somehow, I was able to understand the strategic plan, especially that I am part of the youth. Because of this, my co-interns realized that we should organize a project of holding an employment preparation seminar to graduating students in our school so that they will be able to know their rights and privileges in preparation for future employment.

April 13, 2011, Wednesday

Office

Meeting with Sir Dan about the Certification Election of A & B Liner in Sta. Mesa on April 15, 2011, Friday

Layout of FFW Brochure, Editing of Labor of Standards Format, and Layout of Atty. Matula’s book: Labor of Relations

We accepted office works, since there was no scheduled fieldwork for this day. I was tasked to change the layout of FFW’s brochure and we also edited some parts of an unpublished book authored by Atty. Matula: Labor Relations. We converted complicated terms to simpler and more understandable so that all readers will be able to comprehend what’s written on the book.

April 14, 2011, Thursday

Field; L&B Suites, 6^th floor Kalayaan Ave. Cor. Don Pedro St. Makati City  & RCBC Yuchengco Tower, 19/F ILO Auditorium

Signing up for CLKSS website

Documentation and event engagement on Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS) Launching at L&B Suites, 6^th floor Kalayaan Ave. Cor. Don Pedro St. Makati City (Jeff Johnson, ILO)

I felt lucky for being part of the first batch of members of Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System (CLKKS). This is an online networking site that helps labor rights and children advocates track updates regarding child labor in the country so everyone who signed up will be able to read and share reports about the issue. One of the important features of CLKSS website is that it will be easier for the witnesses to report child labor incidents since it is just a click away.

Meeting our National President for the
first time.

Local President’s Meeting

FFW Headquarters

Quirino Avenue

 This was the first time I met the national president of FFW, Atty. Allan Montano. In local president’s meeting, the leaders are gathered together to talk and share each other’s concerns about the organization. For this day, the main agenda was the activities for the Labor Day. They all agreed to set a parade/motorcade along Manila, and hold a short event in Kalaw. It was also a great opportunity for us that we are tasked to layout the T-shirt design for the participants’ attire on Labor Day.

April 15, 2011, Friday

AB Liner Electoral Process

AB Liner Terminal, Sta. Mesa Manila

AB liner employees

 We have witnessed an electoral process for a union membership in AB Liner, a transportation company. In this process, they just have to vote for a ‘yes’ if they are in favor of having a union group, and no if you disagree with having such. Somehow, the election was peaceful yet the demarcation line between the employers and employees are visible. It was obvious who voted for union group since they became so aloof with their bosses as they were waiting for the results. In the end, the majority voted for “no”.