PSLINK at the 2013 SONA mob

PSLINK and ANG NARS joined NAGKAISA and FDC in highlighting the growing inequality under the current administration on July 23, 2013 during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Pres. Aquino.

PSLINK also called for the passage of the Freedom of Information bill and end to precarious work in the country.

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Neophyte party-list ANG NARS files measures to amend Nursing Law and uphold security of tenure of workers at the opening of Congress

ANG NARS party-list was among the early birds to file bills at the opening of the 16th Congress on Monday (July 1, 2013).

The neophyte party-list group filed its first five bills which include measures to amend the Nursing Law and grant security of tenure to long-time non-regular employees in the public sector.

It has been a practice of staff members of legislators to start lining up ahead of the opening in a race to file the first bills in Congress. Staff and supporters of ANG NARS held shifts to secure its spot in the long queue that started to build a few days ago.

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Despite being new in the political arena having only won its first seat in the recent elections, ANG NARS vows to be the vanguard of quality health services and decent work in the lower house.

“We may be newcomers in Congress but that doesn’t mean we don’t mean business,” said ANG NARS Partylist representative Leah Paquiz.

“We want to assure our supporters that we will make every day of our stay in Congress count. We will be the voice of our nurses and all other workers in the lower house,” she added.

Annie Enriquez-Geron, General Secretary of the Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK), a national confederation of government employees representing more than 80,000 workers, expressed confidence that ANG NARS will live up to its promise.

“We are happy that finally we now have a party-list that is committed to advancing quality public services and job security in our Congress,” said Enriquez-Geron.

“In fact, right after their proclamation, ANG NARS immediately went to work and consulted various groups including PSLINK on what bills to push. With ANG NARS in Congress, we certainly have a champion of workers’ rights.”

Other bills filed by ANG NARS with the Bills and Index Division of the House of Representatives include Whistleblower Protection, Civil Service Code and Freedom of Information.

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PCUP Employees Association-Visayas supports Freedom of Information Bill

Around 40 members of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Employees Association (PEA) Visayas Field Operations Division participated in the orientation on Freedom of Information (FOI) organized by PSLINK Visayas Regional Council on June 3, 2013 at the PCUP Visayas Office in Cebu City.

After the orientation, the participants committed to pressure their respective congressional representatives to support the passage of the FOI Bill.

Shown in the photos below are the participants during the orientation.

Standing second to the left in the first photo is Director Cloe Osano, PCUP Visayas Director. Seated in extreme left foreground is Sis. Jacqueline D. Visitacion, President of PEA Visayas.

PSLINK joins march for FOI!

PSLINK along with the other members of the Right to Know Right Now Coalition, multi-sectoral coalition committed to advancing freedom of information in the country, held a mobilization in Mendiola on November 12, 2012 to further put pressure on the current government to pass the Freedom of Information Bill.

PSLINK General Secretary at the Press Con for FOI

Annie Enriquez-Geron, General Secretary of PSLINK, joined the press conference organized by the Right to Know Right Now Coalition on July 21, 2012 in Sulo Hotel to push Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Bill.

Freedom Run for FOI

PSLINK alongside other FOI advocates joined the Freedom Run held on November 2011 at the UP Academic Oval.

Messages during the Freedom Run: PNOY, WTF!? (Where’s the Freedom of Information?)

                                                                         No FOI , NO FREEDOM !

We would like to thank our local affiliates from NAPEMA, DPWH NCR EU, FMMED, QCFED and NMED Chapters for joining the event. Mabuhay kayo!!!