Shown in this photo were the TUCP stalwarts: From Left, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza and Temistocles Dejon, Jr., Vice-President of TUCP, and members. (Photo by V. Garcia)
PBBM LAUNCHES KADIWA NG PANGULO PARA SA MANGGAGAWA TO COMBAT INFLATION
By Ver M. Garcia - News Editor
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Raymond Mendoza and TUCP Vice-Pres. Temistocles, Jr. Laud President Bongbong Marcos For Spearheading the ''Kadiwa Ng Pangulo Para Sa Manggagawang Pilipino'' at the TUCP Compound.
In this much-awaited event, his Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. made mentioned in his speech that we can not allow our workers to be left behind as part of our massive labor force. ''Many will suffer if we will not look after the welfare of our workers. Thus, we created the 'Kadiwa ng Pangulo Para sa Manggagawa' to help the workers to carry on with their lives due to the high cost of living and unabated spiraling cost of basic commodities and inflation,'' the President remarked.
The Chief Executive vowed to continue implementing programs that will promote the well-being of all Filipinos. With more than 500 Kadiwa store outlets nationwide. He encourages all concerned government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to work together to accomplish these goals.
The Kadiwa ng Pangulo Para sa Manggagawang Pilipino brought around 33 sellers to the TUCP Compound to sell their produce from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and the Quezon City local government, and the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The Chief Executive extended his appreciation to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), for hosting said ''Kadiwa ng Pangulo Para sa Manggagawang Pilipino'' at the TUCP Compound. TUCP is the country’s biggest confederation of labor federations; and is composed of 23 labor federations with a membership of almost half a million.
The TUCP is headed by its President and Deputy Speaker Raymond Mendoza and Vice-President Temistocles Dejon, Jr.
As the largest labor center in the country representing workers across different sectors nationwide, the TUCP has long called for the massive expansion of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Kadiwa and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Diskwento Caravan across the country as badly needed intervention to address the stubbornly high inflation driven by surging food inflation and electricity inflation. The TUCP is very grateful to host the first-ever “Kadiwa para sa Manggagawa” which is the realization of the calls of TUCP since last year—bilang tugon ng Pangulo sa hiling ng Manggagawang Pilipino! “It demonstrates the openness of President Bongbong Marcos in responding to the clamor of our workers,” said Deputy Speaker Mendoza and seconded by TUCP Vice-President Temistocles Dejon, Jr.
Moreover, the more Kadiwa centers put up and the closer they are to the most populated and poorest communities where mainly workers and their families live, the more effective they will be combating in high inflation. Thus, all the offices of the Associated Labor Unions (ALU)-TUCP headed by its National President Michael Mendoza, across the archipelago, such as in Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao del Norte, Pangasinan, Leyte, and Bukidnon, are opening their doors to serve as venues for more “Kadiwa Centers Para sa Manggagawa” which will now be rolled out in partnership with the Marcos Administration.
KADIWA stores were established in 1980 to bring down the prices of goods and services and to make them available in all households nationwide. KADIWA stores were selling fresh vegetables, fish, and meat bought straight from the farmers without the intervention of a middleman. Same with other essential commodities retailed at an affordable price.
TUCP Vice-President Dejon, Jr. enthused and ended, 'that with this objective on hand, the workers' difficulties to make both ends meet will be alleviated.' (VerGarciaBlogs)
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