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Add the Communist Party to this volatile equation and that spells for more trouble. If you didn't know, the Communist Party of the Philippines would love nothing better than to demand for Congress to legislate wage hikes so that the Filipino working masses would finally look at the CPP as their "champion" who "pressured" Congress to act on their behalf! The Communists also know too well that if and when Congress legislates too much wages, factories will close left and right creating more trouble as unemployment rises... and then the commies would have the angry minions that would put themselves in political power!
We've already seen the Regional Tripartite Wage Boards looking into this problem... why bring Congress or politicians into this mess? I dare say that Pres. Arroyo wasn't thinking straight when she made the suggestion to legislate a wage increase... especially since the RTWB hasn't gone over these problems yet. She should have given the regional wage boards a chance to crack this problem first before coming out with that suggestion.
This is something that the Arroyo administration must clearly look into because we are not alone in this globalized world... we have competitors in ASEAN and yes the biggest one is China. Thus you can say that with the implementation of the E-Vat... we are now walking on a tightrope, which could go either way. It could make this country better or worse off! This is a balancing act that Pres. Arroyo has to play and it is a dangerous game!
Because of the call of the times, I know that many companies have already gone into what is called "Business Outsourcing" whereby they shut down their entire accounting department and in turn... those people are given their severance pay, but yet, they can make their own business, an accounting firm and service the same company that they've worked for years.
I know for a fact that PLDT has done this with their linemen, the same thing is happening to the Visayan Electric Company. Well, we just read recently that the Associated Labor Unions plans to stage a strike against VECO allegedly over union busting issues. But is it really union busting if in order to survive, companies like VECO would streamline its workforce and go into business outsourcing? Again, let me point out that we live in interesting times. That means, old habits have to go and change. If businessmen in order to survive are looking for such changes, then I would like to suggest that labor unions too must also learn to adapt to these new business climate. Mind you, it's not only happening in this country!