PROGRAMA: TRABAHO

GAWING MAKABULUHAN ANG A-19 MAYO 2019

PROGRAMA: TRABAHO 



Mahal kong mga Kababayang Manggagawa:

Mabuhay kayo!

Matagal na akong  nagsusuri at nagsusulat tungkol sa larangang paggawa. May sinulat ako at ginawang pelikula tungkol sa mga nagtatrabaho sa niyugan. Ang titulo ay: COCONUT, OUR CROP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEIR FOOD OVERSEAS.  Tinalakay nito ang buhay ng mga manggagawa sa nyugan mula sa bukid, hanggang sa desiccated coconut factories – Red V, Peter Paul, at Franklin Baker .

Mayroon din akong sinulat tungkol sa mga OFW sa Europa dahil noong 1981 ay napalad akong naimbitang magpalabas ng pelikula sa Olanda. Mula roon ay naglibot ako sa Europa – sa Londres, Paris, Roma, at Brussels kung saan nakita ko ang malulungkot na sitwasyon ng ating mga kababayan na nagtatrabaho sa mga larangang mababa kaysa sa mga nationals doon.  

Nakagawa ako ng dalawang pelikula dahil sa aking mga karanasan: una, For the Next Guest – tungkol sa isang Filipina chambermaid; Through the Four Seasons, buhay ng isang Filipina nursing aide sa London, at isang animation, Friendly Relations tungkol sa relasyon ng first and third world countries. At naisulat ko rin ang trabaho nila sa aking aklat: Filipino Women in the World of Work.   

Noong 1990’s nanaliksik naman ako ng buhay ng mga manggagawa at lumabas ito bilang Unearthing Philippine Realities of Workers. Nakasulat din ako tungkol sa buhay ng mga Sakada sa Negros Occidental noong dekada nobenta at inilabas ito ng Depthnews Asia – na kinalat naman ito sa mga diyaryo sa buong Asya.

Ang paglahok ko sa pulitika ay dulot ng aking pananaliksik at pagsusulat sa diyaryo . 
Ngayon gusto ko nang direktang buhayin ang aking mga inaasam para sa ating mga kababayan dito sa Quezon City.

Marami akong plano para sa mga manggagawa dito sa syudad.
1.  Mababang halaga ng pagkain;2.    

2. Food banks para sa mga kapos sa pagkain;

3. Pagtatayo ng job units sa bawa’t barangay: ise-survey ang kakayahan ng bawa’t kababayan sa bawa’t barangay; maghahanap ng trabaho para sa bawa’t manggagawa;

4. Unemployment benefits para sa mga nawalan ng trabaho sa loob ng 6 buwan;

5.  Palalakasin ang daycare services sa bawa’t barangay para ang mga magulang ay may mapaglalagakan at ang mga anak nila ay mapangangalagaan ng matino at  tapat na mga naninilbihang social workers;

Kung may mga ideya kayo kung paano nating pagagandahin ang sitwasyon ng ating mga manggagawa dito sa Lungsod, magbubukas ang tanggapan ng Alkalde ng isang araw kada linggo para asikasuhin ang mga reklamo ninyo. 

Magtatakda ako ng isang araw bawat linggo para magkaroon ng talakayan tungkol sa buhay ng mga manggagawa, kasama ang mga asosasyon, unyon at NGO na tumutulong sa mga manggagawa. 

Sana ay magkatulungan tayo at sisiguraduhin ko ang tunay na pagbabago ng buhay ng mga manggagawa sa ating Lungsod Quezon.

OROzco EMMA  (Wilhelmina S. Orozco)

Painting KARWAHE by Mark Justiniani

CARING FOR WORKERS

My dear Fellow Workers:

Greetings.

I have been researching, analyzing and writing about work since the 80’s. When I researched about the coconut industry starting in the 70’s, I was able to write, direct and produce a documentary entitled, COCONUT, OUR CROP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEIR FOOD OVERSEASE. It tackles the lives of coconut workers from the farm to the desiccated factories -  Red V, Peter Paul, and Franklin Baker. I met many labor groups who decried the low wages they were being given.

When I went to Europe in 1981 to show my films at the First International Conference of Women in Film and Video, in Amsterdam Nederlands, I took the opportunity to research on our Filipino migrant workers, while showing my films in London, paris, Rome and Brussels. I met our fellow Kababayan who were working there and felt very depressed about their second or third level status vis-à-vis the nationals there. 

From that sojourn, I was able to develop two documentaries, one of which had an experimental approach: , For the Next Guest – about a Filipina chambermaid in a posh hotel; and Through the Four Seasons, a nursing aide’s life in London. I was also able to write, direct and produce a Super 8mm film animation entitled Friendly Relations, a symbolic description about the askewed relationship between First and Third World countries in terms of trade.

When I arrived in the country in 1982, I was able to finish my pamphlet, Philippine Women in the World of Work.   

In the 90’s, I researched on the lives of workers in our country and came up with an unpublished article, Unearthing Philippine Realities of Workers. My editor was not allowed to publish it.

However, under the Depthnews Asia syndicate, I was able to get my article, about the Sakadas of  Negros Occidental which then was circulated in all Asian newspapers.

My desire to get involved more directly in politics is borne of my researches and writings in the papers. I would like to be there in the forefront, being a major player in the approach to developing more humane, all-inclusive programs for the constituents of Quezon City.

I have many plans for workers in Quezon City:

1.  Providing cheaper food by City Hall purchasing agricultural crops directly from provinces and passing them on to restaurant owners, and markets here;

2. Setting up of Food Banks for those who cannot meet their needs especially at night;

3. Setting up of job units at every barangay. We will survey the skills and talents of everyone in each barangay, and help find matching jobs for them;

4. Providing Unemployment Benefits for those who get separated or dismissed from work for 6 months or until they find another job;

5. Insuring that daycare services are competently staffed so that workers, especially women would feel secure that their children can be taken care of professionally by social workers;

If you have other ideas that you would like to be implemented, I shall insure that the office of the Mayor shall be open, once every week to take care of your needs and complaints. We shall also have discussions on the lives of workers, including associations, unions and NGOs that are assisting workers. Aside from these, we shall get the views of company and business owners on how to improve the lives of workers, aside from increasing their salaries.

Meanwhile, let us work for a renewed vigor of City Life that is alive for everyone, especially the workers who provide the lifeblood of businesses.

OROzco EMMA  (Wilhelmina S. Orozco)

Painting KARWAHE by Mark Justiniani

OROzco EMMA

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