Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) held two workshops, “National Workshop on CSR, Productivity and Competitiveness” from February 18 to 20, 2009 and “National POSITIVE Achievement Conference and Development of POSITIVE Industry-Specific Module Workshop” from February 22 to 26, 2009, in cooperation with Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) in Cebu City.
20 union leaders from regional trade unions joined the “National Workshop on CSR, Productivity and Competitiveness” and learned the role of trade unions on CSR practically by having bargaining simulation.
In the “National POSITIVE Achievement Conference and Development of POSITIVE Industry-Specific Module Workshop”, 20 POSITIVE trainers from all over the nation showed their achievements which they have improved at their respective workplaces and shared the details. In the evaluation session, they reported that the program was effective not only for OSH improvement at workplace but also for improvements of labour-management relations, workers’ motivation, and organizational strength.
From February 27 to March 1 in Bulacan, we held "POSITIVE Follow-up and Evaluation Conference” in cooperation with ILO-SRO with attendance of TUCP POSITIVE trainers. 23 union leaders from various unions and GUFs joined the conference. In the past two years, we held 4 workshops for “training for trainers” in cooperation with ILO-SRO. Watching activities and presentations by the participants in this conference, we reaffirmed how effective the program on workplace environment improvement is for workers all over the nation.