Eli San Fernando Binanatan ang ABS-CBN 

ang ibabayad o isusukli lang sa’yo ay hindi pasapat isang desenteng pananghalian. Anong klaseng pambabastos ito, Mr. Speaker? Ang husay naman po pala ng management ng ABSCBN, Mr. Speaker, ganyan po kawalang hiya ang mga taong nasa likod ng ABSCBN management. May we recognize Congressman Elijah San Fernando for his privilege speech.

 Uh party list kang kamangagawa. The objection chair is non. The honorable Fernando is here by recognized. Sir, you have the floor. Maraming salamat po Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, mga kasama at sa lahat po ng ating mga kamanggagawa na nakikinig sa atin ngayon, isang magandang gabi po sa ating lahat. Just a few days ago, thousands upon thousands of Filipino workers marched on theets of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao echoing longstanding calls for labor and wage reforms in celebration of Labor Day.

The country has once again been reminded of the fact that workers are the ones who create thealth of all nations. Ang lakas ng mga manggagawa ang siyang tanging nagpapatakbo sa bawat isang kumpanya at negosyo na pinakikinabangan nating lahat. Sa madaling sabi, walang kahit anong pwedeng pakinabangan kung hindi dahil sa lakas, dugo at pawis ng mga manggagawa.

The same obviously holds for the media seor despite all the glit and glamor afford to the names of some of the country’s largest media companies is the regular employees those toil day in and day out who keep the bright lights of our television and gadget screens running mga writer camera crew reporter security guard at maging mga interns ngera ang siyang bumu sektor ng media been a great source of grief and contempt for us inangagawa party list to receive several alarming reports from the workers ofbn corporation

regarding possible labor and wage standard violations by the company kung kaya’t nais po naming ilaan ang talumpating ito upang bigyang boses at hustisya hindi lamang ang mga manggagawa ng ABSCBN kundi ang bawat isang manggagawang tinatanggalan at niyuyurakan ang mga karapatan para sa regular at may dignidad na trabaho.

 To begin with Mr. speaker the public has probably been made aware by now about an ongoing feud among the members of the Lopez family who are currently serving as top executives of ABSCBN corporation this dispute is about the approval of a 2 billion cash infusion from their parent company Lopez Holdings Corporation to supposedly keep the company a flat amid mounting losses in revenue generation. Concerning Mr.

Speaker aent article by news alleged that out of the presumed billion cash infusion staggering 1.1 billion has been earmked for the retirement benefits of about 15 top executives of the company. in response to allegations speaker ABSCBN corporation haseased a statement outrighting the veracity of claims downpling it as mere PR attacks.

Regardless, what remains true is that warring factions inside the Lopez family have emerged as a result of this internal company battles. Ngayon, Mr. Speaker, mga kasama, ano po bang kinalaman ng ating mga manggagawa sa away pamilyang ito? Para maging klaro po, walang pakialam ang mga manggagawa sa away pamilya lalo’t higit sa awayan ng mga oligarko at bilyonaryo.

Ang punto habang nangyayari ang hidwaang ito sa kumpanya, may mga manggagawa ng ABS-CBN na naglakas loob na tumindig at magsalita tungkol sa mga posibleng paglabag sa kanilang mga karapatan partikular sa usapin ng kontraktualisasyon, hindi pagbabayad ng sapat na sahod at hindi ligtas ng mga kondisyon sa trabaho.

 They have reached out to sought the assistance of this representation in echo equing their struggle for justice and that is precisely what we aim to do. To share in brief Mr. speaker mga kasama the g of this issue is that several workers who were hired solely as company drivers have been consistently and undjuly burdened with tasks beyond the mandates of their job description serving for instance as ass ass assistant cameraman during deployment kinuha ka bilang driver tapos biglang naging assistant cameraman ka rin at ano ang kapalit na bayad nitointing

nadagdag 100 lamang driver ka na ginawa ka pang assistant cameraman kahit hindi naman ito kasama sa pinapasweldo sao tapos ang ibabayad o isusukli lang sao ay hindi pasapat isang desenteng pananghalian klaseng pambabastos Ito Mr. Speaker. Nandiyan po ang isang sumbong ng isa nating kamanggagawa.

 Anya 10 oras siyang nagmaneho papunta sa isang assignment. Walang tulog, walang pahinga. Kape lang ang panlaban sa antok at pagod. Tapos paglapag sa area kung saan siya in-assign, diretso sabak na agad sa pagbubuhat ng mabibigat na camera equipment at pag-alalay sa shooting bilang assistant cameraman. This practice remains the same even when they are deployed in high risk areas such as during typhoons and in active conflict zones.

 Sa atin pong pakikipag-usap, Mr. Speaker, nalaman natin na may mga manggagawang na-deploy at naging assistant cameraman sa Marawi sa scarbor at Balikatan exercises. Kahit hindi naman ito bahagi ng kanilang trabaho. Ang husay naman poa ng management ng ABSCBN, Mr. Speaker, biruin niyo ho ginawang three inone ang ating mga manggagawa.

Pinag-drive mo na, pinag-assistant cameraman mo na, dineploy mo pa sa mga mapanganib na lugar. Pero ang bayad pang isang trabahador lang. Ngayon, Mr. Speaker, bilang pagtatanggol sapanya meron pong mga social media posts na ang ilan ay galing pa mismo sa ilang mga journalist na nagsasabing hindi naman daw empleyado ng ABS-CBN ang mga manggagawang nagrereklamo.

Giit nila, ang mga manggagawang ito raw ay mga kontraktwal lang at nasa agency na pinatatakbo ng third generation service incorporated. Uulitin ko po Mr. Speaker, manggagawang kontraktal lang naman daw sila kung kaya’t abswelto na ang ABSCBN mula sa responsibilidad. To this we say same on you. Kapwa niyo manggagawa ang mga driver pero sa halip na pakinggan ang kanilang mga karaingan mas pinili niyong ipagtanggol ang kayo kailan manamanahan.

Let us again make our position known Mr. Speaker. Salot at cancer ang kontraktualis sa buhay ng mga manggagawa at ng bansang ito sa Kabuuan. Kumikita ng bilyon-bilon ang mga kumpanya dahil sa ganitong setup habang buhay na ginagawang kontrakt ang mga manggagawa sa ilalim ng trilateral work arrangement para hindi maibigay ng buo ang kanilang sahod at mga benepisyo.

Dahil hindi na matiis ng mga manggagawa ang kanilang kalagayan, sila rin naman ay gumawa ng mga hakbang. pormal na silang nagsampa ng kaso sa National Labor Relations Commission. Pero dahil batid nila na hindi magiging madali at mabilis ang pag-usad ng kaso, naglunsad din sila ng protesta sa harap mismo ng ABSCBN upang iparating ang kanilang mga pinagdadaanan sa publiko sa pag-asang makikipagdialogo sa kanila ang management. Pero Mr.

 Speaker, mga kasama sa halip na sila ay kausapin, ang management sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng pamilya Lopez ay gumawa ng mga retaliatory measures laban sa mga manggagawa. Iniulat ng ating mga kamanggagawa na matapos ang naging pagkilos ay may ilang pinagbantaan na hindi na sila bibigyan ng work assignment o maaaring tuluyan ng tanggalan ng access opisina.

 Let it be known thatangagawa partist will file a resolution to call for the house committee on labor and employment toct a thor investigation of these reports as these are in serious and direct violations of numerous provisions of our labor code particularly articles 294 on security of tenure articles 106 to 109 to contract and subcontracting arrangements and solidary liability and 162 to 165 on occupational safety and health.

 As this heartening as it sounds, we are not surprised by ABSCBN and Lopez families lack of regard to their workers anymore. Just a few years ago, unions of skycable employees successfully resisted threats of mass layofs by the company following a buyout by PLDT. It was even reported by the unions that the management offered the regular employees to reapply via third party contractor. Mr.

 Speaker, contractualizasyon na naman. Yan ang sukli ng Sky Cable, isang subsidiary ng ABSCBN Corporation at nasa ilalim ng pagmamay-ari ng mga Lopez sa kanilang mga manggagawa. There was also the case of the camera crew of set and stage resource management incorporated a company that was owned by Freddy M. Garcia better known as FMG and the former president of ABS CBN corporation.

Matapos magbuo ng unyon ang mga manggagawa ng set and stage, biglang isinara ni FMG ang kumpanya. Pero ang siste inilipat lang din ang operations sa ibang kumpanya. Ganyan po kawalang hiya ang mga taong nasa likod ng ABSCBN management in the service of the Filipino. These are the words that are proudly etched in ABSCBN’s corporate mission.

 Arguably the largest media company in the history of our country. Ito ang pinagmamalaki at pinangalandakan ng ABSCBN. To this we say, ang kapal ng mga mukha ninyong tawagin ang sarili niyo bilang lingkod bayan. Kapag sinabi nating hating kapatid, ang ibig sabihin ay pantay dapat ang hatian. Walang lamangan walang gulangan.

 Ngunit sa inaasta ng management ng ABSCBN, kapag sinabi na natin ngayong hating kapamilya, wala ng ibang pumapasok na mga salita sa ating mga isipan kundi panlalamang, pananamantala at pandadaya. These are not isolated cases, Mr. Speaker. These are explicitly sameless displace of greed by the Lopez family, utteral lack of regard for their workers.

 the very same workers who stood by the company when it was facing disenfranchisement years back. Do not get us wrong, Mr. Speaker, mga kasama, we resolutely stand for the freedom of the press and we recognize the chilling effect that the disenfranchisement of ABSCBN has caused. However, we are also unwavering in our stand against the exploitation of Filipino workers.

Kung kaya’t kasabay ng pagkilala namin sa makasaysayang papel ng ABSCBN sa paghahatid ng balita sa milyon-milyong mga Pilipino ay ang aming pagtindig sa aming katapatan bilang representante ng mga manggagawa ay walang iba kundi sa mga manggagawa’t ordinaryong Pilipino. Hindi naman na po bago sa atin Mr. speaker ang mga ganitong klaseng pagsasawalang bahala at pananamantala sa mga manggagawa.

 In accordance with our mandate asangagawa party we have filed several house resolutions regarding rampant labor violations committed by numerous corporations we stood alongside our workers against the intimidation harassment and retaliatory efforts and other union busting tactics of standard motors and hand casino resort we stood alongside our motorcycle riders against the illegal termination by Lazada and JNT.

 We stood alongside the union members of package world against the violent dispersal assault and employment by goons of Asia Brewery. We stood in solidarity alongside the workers of Sky Cable and setting stage. Thus, we are now again standing alongside the drivers of ABSCBN. To end, Mr. Speaker, we would like to circle back to our opening points.

 Us, the workers of the world are the ones who keep the light shining, who keep the faet running, who maintain roads and the cars that run over it. We create and sustain the world. Mr. Speaker, my dear colleagues we must alwaysind ourselves that the very chamber that we find ourselves in at this very moment been built from the ground up by workers.

 It is thus acceptable for us the supposedentatives of the people to sit here and pretend that our workers are doingine taon na lang po natin ipinagdiriwang ang Mayo un taon-taon na lang din po ang danas ng ating mga manggagawa panggigipit pangharas at samutsaring paglabag sa kanilang mga karapatan sawa na po ang ating mga manggagawa sa kalak lakarang kapag nakakaranas sila ng pangapi ay kailangan pa nilang manikluhod sa kung kani-kaninong mga makapangyarihan upang mapansin ang kanilang mga hinaing kailangan na po natin itong tuldukan we

the Filipino workers demand nothing less than the complete transformation of our broken systeming factions of billionaires not syemers enjoy the fr of their to the A sy the bright lights of the stage are pointed not creed and exploitation but towards care, justice and cooperation. Mabuhay po ang bawat isang manggagawat ordinaryong Pilipino.

 Maraming salamat po at magandang gabi sa ating lahat. Thank you very much honorable Fernando point of I