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In a paper to be presented to the government during the two-day Employers Summit  on Employment and Industrial Relations next week, ECOP cited the need for  industrial upgrading and creating an active labor market and proactive  industrial relations as a primary reform agenda.


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ECOP also lauded the President’s appointment of Agriculture Undersecretary Arthur Yap as the new agriculture head effective Aug. 15 as it felt confident that the incoming DA secretary will continue Lorenzo’s programs. Yap was Lorenzo’s choice as his successor. 


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This was the statement of ECOP president Rene Y. Soriano issued yesterday.	


A federal form, Soriano said,  would boost business activities and create more employment opportunities in the provinces and the regions.


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Rene Y. Soriano, president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), said the business expansions and fresh investments that will be attracted by the clear mandate given to President Arroyo will help attain the target.


Expansions and new investments will rev up business activities and mop up the annual entrants to the work force of one million Filipinos annually, he said.


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Employers act to make RP competitive

By Marianne V. Go | August 21, 2004 - 12:00am

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) is proposing at least three major reforms that the government should push to improve the country’s productivity and competitiveness. In a paper to be...

Business

ECOP welcomes Lorenzo move to new Cabinet post

July 16, 2004 - 12:00am

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) expressed regret yesterday over the resignation of Agriculture Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo Jr. but welcomed his move over to an expanded Cabinet role as the "countryside...

Business

ECOP backs parliamentary—federal form of government

July 8, 2004 - 12:00am

The country’s biggest group of employers, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), favors a shift to a parliamentary-federal type of government and prefers that changes in the Constitution be...

Business

ECOP confident jobs target will be met

July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Employers expressed confidence that the President will meet her target of creating at least one million jobs a year. Rene Y. Soriano, president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), said the...

Business