WAC's core program is the organizing of workers primarily, but not limited, in export zones and industrial enclaves. The program combines organizing, campaigning, and alliance-building. All the other programs and services of WAC - such as the Labor and Gender Education Program (LGEP); the Research, documentation, Information, and Publication (RDIP) Program; the International Relations Program (IRP); and the Legal and Paralegal Assistance Program (LPAP) - are all geared to supplement and strengthen the organizing program. Organizing, Campaign, and Alliance ProgramThe founding of the Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW) and the formation of the Batangas Labor Solidarity (BLAST) as province-wide labor alliances that promote and uphold genuine, militant, and nationalist unionism help in the coordination and strenghtening of labor unions, workers'organizations and local chapters organized within the respective provinces. The creation of the Friends of the Workers (FOW), an organization of groups and individuals supportive of the workers’ cause and struggles. Since 2005, the organizing of the workers and residents in the communities around the economic zones as support mechanisms for labor struggles and for the multi-sectoral defense of the people's rights and welfare. Assisting and suporting the labor unions and the provincial alliances in the conduct of campaigns for the betterment of working conditions and the respect of labor and democratic rights. Labor and Gender Education and TrainingConducting seminars and trainings on labor concerns including workinf conditons, labor rights and welfare, women workers’ rights, union organizing and management, organizational leadership and development, education work, and other relevant topics; and on currently relevant democratic and socio-economic concerns affecting women and workers including courses on Philippine History, wages and Crisis, Oil Price Hike, and others. Research, Documentation, Information and Publications ProgramConducting studies on working conditions and labor rights ad welfare; publishing a quarterly newsletter ; and disseminating information about working conditions and isuues through the media relatiuons work, maintaining a website and other forums and channels of information dissemination. International Relations ProgramEstablishing and strengthening of solidarity among organizations and individuals in various countries abroad for campaign support and advocacy on workers issues and struggles. Legal and Paralegal Assistance ProgramProviding free legal and paralegal consultations, counsels and other necessary services to workers. Strengthening workers capability by providing seminars and trainings on paralegal and legal tactics and processes. |
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