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Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymond Mendoza lauded the passage of the new law as an early Christmas gift to the millions of Filipino workers abroad.

Krizjohn Rosales and Edd Gumban, file

 

MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stand to be treated as “first-class citizens” and enjoy better protection against abuse now that the Senate has passed the law creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DOMW), the country’s largest labor group said yesterday.

 

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymond Mendoza lauded the passage of the new law as an early Christmas gift to the millions of Filipino workers abroad.

 

“For far too long, our OFWs were hailed as our heroes but were often treated as second rate and second-class,” Mendoza said. “With this new Department, this is our national commitment to them and their families, that they are truly first-class citizens.”

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/12/17/2148503/passage-migrant-workers-department-law-lauded

 

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Now, if we could only convince Thailand that those of us married to and supporting Thai citizens aren't 'second-class' citizens.  And I wonder?  How many Flipinos coming to Thailand will be welcomed as 'first-class' citizens? 
Probably as many as those of us married to Thais.

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The returning Marcos dynasty will make sure that millions more first class citizens will be created soon - they invented the Philippines biggest export.......

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