ON SAVING THE ECONOMY

"Contractualisation refers to the practice of hiring employees who would render their services for a finite amount of time, usually, for a few months only. This is a system that has been practiced and used by many companies, including large corporations."

The issue of Contractualisation is hurting our economy. It is resorted to by many companies due to the benefits they get from it like -- avoiding to give employees and workers their tenure-- after 6 months, an employee is supposed to be made permanent already in the old Labor Code; their not paying the 13th month bonus of every employee, not signing up with SSS and Pag-ibig, etc. 

In other words, what normally should be a nurturing relationship between the management and labor becomes a highly oppressive, prostituting connection that could lead labor to :
physically unhealthy situation: inability to put up a healthy family; accepting any order of management even if unacceptable; inability to dream big; and being sunk into limbo -- whether to give their all to their work or not and if they do, who knows, they could possibly earn the attention of the management who could make them permanent. 

That is the nightmare of our labor force in the country today. 

Now, I don't know why the legislators are dragging their feet in solving this iniquity in the field of employement. They enjoy the perks -- get their salaries every 15th and 30th; have all the benefits; earn the limelight everyday from media; and yet they are very very slow like turtles to act on what is a glaring whiplash on the bodies of our laboring sector. 

Is it a case of too many issues to tackle? Of having other priorities? Or of being bribed into ignoring the issue of Contractualisation so the heydays of the business sector would go on and on?

Actually, if we will examine Contractualisation, it is an issue between the capitalist and the worker. The capitalists own the tools of production, while the worker only has his/her physical and mental (shall we include emotions as well?) body to operate the tools and be paid for it. 


So how do we end the deadlock in the discussions on Contractualisation? How do we save our economy? 

We have to dilute capitalism. And the answer is cooperativism. Capitalism in our country has existed for so long but it has rarely been helpful to the labor force. Instead, it has become an ambitious dream for many people to become capitalists, especially the young people and to use governmental methods of assisting that sector to be scuccessful at the expense of the labor force. 

If the workers or the labor force could be made a partner by the capitalist and be given a share in the stocks of income, then Contractualisation would not be a problem at all. 

Successful people are generous with their wealth, said a thinker.

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. 
Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?”
― Brian Tracy