Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP) Rep. Raymond D. C. Mendoza filed a bill to protect member-workers in cooperatives particularly their right to self-organization.
“For the longest time, members who also work as employees of their cooperatives are banned to organize themselves into a union” said Mendoza.
The Supreme Court has ruled, among other things, that cooperative member-workers are co-owners, thus they are not entitled to the right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. “That is a clear violation of basic workers’ rights and goes against the Constitution. The Constitution guarantees the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations” Mendoza explained.
In order to correct this act of injustice, HB 6966 seeks to amend certain provisions in the Labor Code and states that employees of cooperatives, eventhough they are also shareholders, can still form a union for the purpose of collective bargaining.
“In my proposed legislation, cooperatives will be considered as employers and therefore have certain obligations to their workers” stressed Mendoza.
The proposed amendment will bring Philippine law into compliance with ILO Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association, which the Philippines is obliged to observe as a member State of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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