Labor groups have lambasted President Marcos' newly created interagency committee for falling short of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) recommendation to address the spate of killings and violence against unionists under the Duterte administration. All Philippine Trade Unions (Aptu), comprised of workers' organizations across the political spectrum, also complained that both the employee and employer sectors were not consulted and were excluded from the presidential body. As a signatory to the ILO Convention 144 on tripartism and social dialogue, the government is 'obliged to involve workers and employers in decision-making on issues that directly affect them, especially on matters pertaining to the resolution of long-standing cases of killings of trade unionists and other violations of freedom of association,' the labor coalition said.

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