ITUC-AP General Secretary Noriyuki Suzuki presents to Fmr. Senator and TUCP President Ernesto F. Herrera the formal Statement of ITUC and ITUC-AP endorsing the constitutional succession of Bro. Herrera to the TUCP presidency. In their respective speeches UNI-APRO General Secretary Christopher Ng (right of Bro. Herrera) and LO-FTF/Danish Trade Union Council Consultant Jens Aarup (left of Bro. Suzuki) echoed international trade union support to Bro. Herrera and the Constitutional TUCP. Not in photo are representatives from International Labor Organization, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Federation of Free Workers, University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, and other guests.
TUCP President Ernesto F. Herrera pledges a new dawn for TUCP, the Philippine labor movement, and international solidarity actions at the TUCP Special Convention on Friday, 16 March 2012 at the historic Club Filipino, San Juan, Metro Manila.
Club Filipino was the venue of Corazon Aquino’s oath taking as President of the Philippines in 1986. It resulted in the rebirth of democracy in the Philippines.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and its regional organization for Asia and the Pacific (ITUC-AP) formally extended unequivocal support to Former Senator Ernesto Herrera as Constitutional TUCP President.
ITUC-AP General Secretary Noriyuki Suzuki, in his letter to Herrera said “on the basis of our analysis of the situation and in consultation with ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow, the ITUC and the ITUC-AP are happy to endorse your constitutional succession to the TUCP Presidency, along with the support of the ITUC-AP Regional Executive Bureau.”
In separate statements, the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center), Union Network International (UNI-APRO), and Danish Trade Union Council (LO-FTF) expressed equal support for Herrera.
Jamie Davis, Solidarity Center Country Program Director for Indonesia and the Philippines, in a letter on behalf of the Solidarity Center and American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to Herrera and delegates to the TUCP Special Convention on 16 March 2012 said: “We applaud your efforts to seek ways to revitalize and strengthen the TUCP given the many challenges that workers face in this day and age of globalization.”
The Special Convention tackled urgent amendments to the TUCP Constitution, elected TUCP officers and members of the Executive Board, and welcomed seven new affiliates to the TUCP fold. (REM)
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