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The Federation of Free Workers is the oldest and one of the major general trade union federations in the Philippines. It is an active and well-respected labor federation in tripartite activities and other social dialogues in the national, regional and international levels. FFW is also considered as a national trade union center in the country considering its size and membership of eight (8) trade federations (TFs) and two (2) special sector federations. Among civil society movements, FFW is known as "the oldest trade union-social movement" in the Philippines "that is still in existence". It was founded 19 June 1950, and has 200,000 mass members in the formal and informal sectors. 80,000 members are dues-paying and covered with collective bargaining agreements. Among the prominent affiliates of FFW with collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) are in education institutions,banks, pharmaceutical and electronics companies—Ateneo de Davao, Central Philippine University, University of the East - Ramon Magsaysay, Philippine School of Business Administration, National College of Business Administration, University of San Agustin of Iloilo, Branches of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, BPI Family Bank,Philippine Clearing, CountryBankers,Malayan Insurance the Temic Semiconductor, Temic Continental, Vishay Philippines, United Pulp and Paper, Oro Port of Cagayan de Oro, Thomas National Transport, Avis, Europe cars, Mitsubishi, San Roque Metals Mining, Philippine Mining, Lepanto Mining, Delfi, Coca Cola, Pfizer, Boie Takeda, Smithkline Beecham, Astra Seneca, Hi-Eisai Pharmaceutical, Bayer Philippines, Johnson & Johnson, Interphil Laboratories, Globe Telecom, among others. ==Affiliation with ITUC and global unions== FFW is one of the three (3) Philippine-affiliates of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The other ITUC members in the country are: the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL). The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) is applying for membership in the ITUC. Other than the ITUC, the FFW is also affiliated with the former World Confederation of Labor (WCL), Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), Education International (EI),IndustriALL Global Union, ITUC-Asia Pacific and the ASEAN Trade Union Council. FFW has actively participated in the activities of the International Labor Organization (ILO). Its President, Atty. Jose Sonny Matula, was the workers' delegate of the Philippine Delegation to the 101st and 104th International Labor Conference in Geneva, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He had been also an adviser for a number of IL Conferences. Since the 1950s, from the election of President Ramon Magsaysay, FFW has always been represented, either as workers delegate or adviser, in the Philippine delegation to the International Labor Conference. Atty. Matula is the 4th National President of the Federation. Juan C. Tan was the founding President from 1950 to 2001. Tan was succeeded by Ramon J. Jabar who headed FFW from 2001 to 2006. Jabar was succeeded by Atty. Allan S. Montano who was president from 2006 to 2011. FFW was founded by Juan C. Tan and Fr. Walter Hogan, S.J. with the support of young activists from the Ateneo de Manila University in the 1950s. It is inspired by Catholic Social Teachings and Christian democratic principles since its foundation. Fr. Walter Hogan and other American Jesuits where so active with the propagation of the Social Encyclicals through the Institute of Social Order (ISO)in the 1950s. They had close collaboration with the famous activist Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement in America. A number of FFW leaders are active in the Social democratic movement; while others are with the Christian and Muslim democratic movement. Some FFW activists founded the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party (PDSP) in the 1970s and older officers led the Christian Social Movement in the 1960s. FFW officer Alex Boncayao was a martyr of the National democratic movement in the 1970s. Recently some officers are also active in the newly founded Centrist Democratic Labor Association (CDLA)and the Centrist Democratic Party (CDP). Records of the Bureau of Labor Relations will show that FFW is one of the top three (3)national labor federations in the country. The other two (2) are the Associated Labor Union (ALU) and the Philippine Transport and General Workers' Organization (PTGWO). Both ALU and PTGWO are affiliated with the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federation of Free Workers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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