The BPO Industry and workers will suffer under a Marcos administration.
1. Investor confidence will shrink — amidst all corruption issues, political instability, absence of macro-economic agenda
2. Job contractualization/ENDO will persist — following Duterte’s scheming agenda in 2016 of abolishing ENDO within 6 months, the same propaganda is being trumpeted by the Marcos-Duterte tandem.
3. Absence of post-covid recovery plan — workers in the BPO has suffered immensely during the pandemic. Marcos’ lack of a covid recovery plan is alarming and poses a threat to workers’ welfare.
4. Social benefits and welfare — copying the Duterte policy of increasing the premium on gov’t benefits (sss, philhealth, etc), Marcos plans to sustain the increments on the premium
5. No BPO agenda — since the start of the campaign, Marcos has not released any agenda/platform about the conditions and welfare of BPO workers (mandatory RTO, upskilling, etc)
We remain hopeful, but prepare to march on the streets and stop the return of a Marcos in Malacañang.
The return of the Marcoses was a grand design — 10 years in the making. From their subtle return to national position in 2010 to their connivance with the ruling elite today.
1. The Marcoses are a political dynasty, Landlords, Bureaucrats. They are not leaders. They hold on to position to protect their family interest — land, power, wealth, control, authority. Not to serve the people.
2. Conniving with the ruling elite — Arroyo’s, Duterte’s, Estrada’s, and other local political warlords ensured their successful return to power. They have the political will to push for a tyrant and fascist government.