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MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte should redeem himself over his alleged failure to stop "end of contract" or endo, the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) said ahead of Labor Day.

Duterte will no longer issue an executive order against 'endo' in favor of legislation at the Senate, which he will certify as a priority, ALU-TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said Sunday, citing the statement of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III earlier this month.

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Tanjusay also noted that thousands of workers lost their livelihood when Duterte separately terminated the airport contract of Miascor ground handling services and closed down Boracay island for a 6-month rehabilitation.

"We hope that the President would say something, do something, to redeem himself before the workers because so far, what we have seen are not favorable to the workers," Tanjusay told ANC.

"So far, Mr. Duterte has been perceived to be pro-business," he added.

Duterte will lead the commemoration of Labor Day on Tuesday.

The ALU-TUCP and other labor groups will mark the event with a protest rally from Welcome Rotonda to Mendiola in Manila.

Some 10,000 policemen will secure Labor Day rites in Metro Manila, according to the region's police chief, Director Camilo Cascolan.

ANC, 29 May 2018