By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – During President Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III’s 2012 State of the Nation Address, he announced, as good news, the Performance-based Incentive system for government employees. However, this bit of good news drove government employees to march out of their offices and call for its scrapping by late…
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2 activists nabbed in Manila, brought to Cam. Norte jail
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“How could they participate in the alleged ambush when they were here with us in Manila preparing for the May 1 rally? Clearly, the charges are fabricated.” – Courage
‘Government workers, not officials, are marginalized, underrepresented’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Our accreditation was denied because they said we are not marginalized. But many government rank and file employees are getting low wages, even among those working in the judiciary.” – an employee of the Sandiganbayan
National Workers Congress, a ploy to undermine state workers’ rights – government unions
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Aquino administration, like its predecessors, has no right to organize so-called workers and employee policy meetings and project itself as pro-union when it quite clearly isn’t. This was the declaration of members of the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) as…
Group slams Aquino’s privatization drive
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Greed for profit, not goals of efficiency. Groups under the banner of the Stop Privatization Alliance and the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition, and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) held a protest last July 18 at the foot of Mendiola bridge to denounce what they said was…
Bill privatizing the provision of housing being rushed in Congress – government employees
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES
“The government turning its back on its people and letting greedy corporations take advantage of the interests and wealth of our country by giving them the government’s money for housing is a clear form of corruption.” – Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE)
Government employees press for wage increase
Government employees press for wage increaseem> (Photo courtesy of Courage Government Employees Partylist)
Government workers file TRO against cap on CNA incentives
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — On Fridays, Naneth Pascual, an employee of the Department of Agrarian Reform, said most of the rank and file employees of the government agency hop from one table to another, hoping that they could borrow money from their colleagues so they could make ends meet for the…
Budget cuts on incentive pay, an attack on workers rights – government employees
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Government employees call on the Aquino administration to honor their incentive pay, as recognized in the Salary Standardization Law III. “We are almost at the level of paralysis because there is money that can be allocated for social services and to augment the poor living conditions of…
Aquino proposals for centralized procurement, payroll problematic
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Can the efficiency of government services improve with the implementation of misplaced austerity measures? The Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) says no. The group is against the Aquino administration’s recent proposals for austerity measures, among them the implementation of a centralized…
Rep. Winnie Castelo willing to plank for wage hike bill
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Rep. Winnie Castelo told the legislators’ forum on wage hike this Monday that he is willing to withdraw his anti-planking bill in Congress if it would impede freedom of expression. In fact, said Castelo, “If the House of Representatives do not calendar for a committee hearing as soon as…