Coop members rally in front of DOLE-12 office, opposing ENDO

KORONADAL CITY - About 1,000 members of various cooperatives in the region trooped to the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) here to show opposition to planned end of contractualization, more known as ENDO. The protesters surprised DOLE-12 officials as the marched toward the entrance of the DOLE-12 compound bearing placards opposing Department Order No. 30 ordering private companies to end contractualization.Contractualization is an arrangement where workers are hired for not more than five months, denying them of benefits granted by law to regular employees. Such workers are provided by labor-only suppliers or agencies, like the cooperatives in South Cotabato. Lovely Posas, Polomolok Manpower Service Cooperative (PMSC) administrator, said ENDO will deprived cooperative members the opportunity to work and earn decent living.PMSC provides manpower resources to companies through contract service. Most of the rally participants were from Polomolok and Gen. Santos City.DOLE-12 officials met with rallyist leaders in a peaceful dialogue. The rally ended peacefully. Image may contain one or more people crowd hat tree and outdoor sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15747791_1158656937574447_1145809757213446879_n.jpg?oh=42f16495924369ba78b76b9369fd4780andampoe=58DF8BBC