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agandang Gabi...” Quite a typical greeting on a late weeknight. But that cold Decembernight—when this uniquely Pinoy greeting was uttered—was no ordinary night.“M

Volume V Number 1 2003-2004 A publication of the Federation of Free Workers (FFW-BATU-WCL)

Now, our voicescould be heard

TINIG NG MALAYANG MANGGAGAWA ON AIR

It was the launching of “Tinig ngMalayang Manggagawa,” the FFW’svery own radio program, which catersto the needs and aspirations of all“free workers”.

DEBUT ‘Tinig’on its maiden broadcast.

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L e a d e r s ,members andstaff of theFFW sharedthe excitementleading to thefirst broadcastof Tinigushered in by the drumbeat of “Awit ng MalayangManggagawa”, heard over DWSS 1494Khz on the AMband.

Encouragement

FFW President Ramon Jabar was the firstinterviewee to be heard over a phone patch.“Mabuhay,” he said, congratulating the Federationfor the pilot episode of its radio program.

FFW National Vice-President Atty. Allan Montaño,on the other hand, was at the studios for the initialepisode as the first resource person for Tinig’sTalakayan portion, where the burning issues of theday are discussed.

For the pilot episode, Atty. Montaño gave light on the issueof labor-only contracting, which he stressed was illegalespecially since “it is not even found in the Labor Code.”

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Well-wishers flooded the first episodewith local presidents of FFW eggingon the Federation and appreciatingthe initiative to finally get labor’smessage across using the airwaves.

Great voices on Tinig

Right on its second episode, Tinig wasable to guest big names. Former Sen.Bobby Tañada, long time human rightsadvocate discussed the issue in length,relating his experiences and the spiritand letter of the law.

The broadcast was on the eve of thecelebration of Human Rights Day.

Sen. Tañada is also the lead convenorof the Fair Trade Alliance (FTA),which espouses “fair” not “free”trade. FFW is an active member ofFTA.

The same episode featured Labor andEmployment Sec. Pat Sto. Tomas,who spoke on the relevance of humanrights to labor.

After she wished Tinig well, shecandidly referred to FFW as her“favorite union” owing to its goodtrack record and its sense ofresponsibility.

FFW-CNV Workplan ProjectManager Ephraim Guerrero told hiscolleagues shortly before the programwent on air. He acts as one of theanchors of the radio program.

Ka Eph is no stranger to broadcasting,having been an anchor of analternative radio program a couple ofyears ago. His advice was well takenby the radio broadcasting neophytesin the booth.

“I tried to modulate my voice,” saysJulius Cainglet, Tinig’s co-anchor.“Eventually I realized that talking tounionists and workers, as we do in theprogram is an everyday occurrence so

Jitters

“You might get nervous in thebeginning but it will soon go away,”

He was happy to finally do a livebroadcast in the next episode. Askedabout his reaction after the show, hesaid, “Nairaos din!”

I just let it flow until it cameout naturally.”

During the pilot episode,Trade FederationCoordinator Reo Bicierrotaped his Balitang Unyonsegment so he wouldn’thave to deal with stagefright as he reports on theactivities of the Federation,its TFs and its locals.

Workplan Secretary JulietPalabon lends her voice a laTiya Dely in the segmentOSH Tips , whereoccupational health and safetyissues are discussed.

Also a regular in Tinig is FFWLegal Center Head Atty.Sonny Matula, who discusseslabor laws in Batas Paggawa.

In-house talents

The finale of the show, MensAwi(Mensahe sa Awit) is arguably one ofthe listeners’ favorite segments. It isa satiric take on a burning issue that issang by KaJules to thetune of a hitsong. Ridingon popularculture, thes e g m e n tconveys themessage ofthe Federation.

In the veryshort history of

TINIG NGMALAYANG

MANGGAGAWA is heard

every Tuesday night,10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.@ DWSS 1494Khz AM.

TALAKAYAN ‘Tinig’s discussion on issues.

TYADELY?

OSH Tips on airfrom Ka Juliet.

BALITAANGUNYONKa Reodelivers the news.Page 11

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FFW tackles DOLE orderamending rules on labor relations

Center of attention of theFederation during the period wasthe recently enacted DepartmentOrder No. 40-03: Amending theImplementing Rules of Book Vof the Labor Code of thePhilippines.

the hotel, whose union have justaffiliated with the FFW were amongthe unionists present. Atty. ClaudioSigaya Med-Arbiter, DOLE Reg. VIwas the main resource person. Actingas facilitator was Mr. Rex Majesterio,Vice Chair for Visayas, ASIUP-FFW.National Vice President Atty. AllanMontaño was the reactor for bothsymposia.

FFW officers present addressed thesymposium. In Davao, they were Mr.Gil Belonio, Vice-President forMindanao; and Ms Zing Camus, BoardMember-at-Large. Also in attendance

he Information, Education and Communication activities of the FFW-CNV Workplan2003 gained ground with the conduct of the Workers Symposium Series during theT

Almost 200members of theFederation in theMindanao andVisayas areasparticipated in thew e l l - a t t e n d e dsymposia heldwithin a week ofeach other. The PSI-FFW conducteda similar forum in Luzon a few weeksahead.

Local union leaders and members inDavao City flocked to the Grand MenSeng Hotel last Sept.20, where MsFlorence N. Timbal Conciliator-Mediator, NCMB Reg. XI, acted asmain discussant of DO 40-03. FredOlvida, Coordinator of the FFWBranch Office was the facilitator.

Amigo Terrace Hotel in Iloilo was thevenue for the same symposium in theVisayas a week later. Employees of

was Ms BethNavarozza, ASIUP-FFW (TF8) EducationSubgroup Chairperson.

In Iloilo, on hand wereMs Grace S. SavellaVice-President forVisayas; Mr. AllenAquino, BoardMember-at Large; and,Prof. Neil TheodoreLasola, Chairperson,ASIUP-FFW (TF 8).

Atty. Montañoconducted brief

SOMETHING NEW Reg. VI Med-Arbiter Atty. Sigayaexplains DO 40-03, which is now in effect.

TALK of the TOWNFFW VP for VisayasGrace Savellawelcomes unionists.

consultations with the unions after thesymposia.

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On Grievance Machineryand Voluntary Arbitration

Either party may serve notice uponthe other to submit the unresolvedissue to voluntary arbitration. If inseven (7) days the other partywhom the notice is served fails torespond, the voluntary arbitrationproceedings shall commence.

Failure of VA to render decisionwithin twenty (20) days shallsubject concerned VA todisciplinary action such as de-listing of his/her name in the list ofaccredited VAs.

Highlights of DO 40-03

On Union Registration

Local chapters could now be considered legitimate labor organizationsby mere submission of a charter certificate issued by a federation (likethe FFW) or a national union to the DOLE’s regional office. Independentunions undergo the old process.

In turn, the regional office shall issue a certificate of creation of charter/local (for local union/ chapter) or a certificate of registration (forindependently-registered unions) to effect its legitimacy.

Similar to the corporate world, terms and procedure on newly-createdunions due to merger and consolidation have also been added.

Petition for Certification Election

Mandates the Med-Arbiter to conduct asmany hearings necessary, but in no casesuch hearings shall exceed fifteen (15)days from the date of scheduledpreliminary meeting.The proceedings of certification electionscannot be suspended during the pendencyof an independent petition for cancellationof union registration proceedings.Invalidity of certificate registration is notvalid ground for dismissal or denial ofpetition for certification elections.

Decisions or orders of the Med-Arbitershall be released within ten (10) days afterthe last day of hearing. Such order/decision granting the conduct ofcertification election in an unorganizedestablishment is not subject to appeal. Noappeal or motion or reconsideration shallbe entertained. Same is final andimmediately executory.

On Collective Bargaining

On Conduct of Certification Election

Pre-election conference shall beconducted no longer than thirty (30) daysafter the first preliminary meeting. TheElection Officer shall cause the postingof notice of certification elections at leastten (10) days prior to the actual date ofthe elections. Such period of posting ofnotice cannot be waived by any party.

Mandates the Med-Arbiter as theonly authorized person who canissue an order to proclaim the resultsof the elections and certify the unionwhich obtained a majority of the validvotes cast as the sole and exclusivebargaining agent.

Institutes ‘multi-employerbargaining’ to give way tocollective bargaining beyond theenterprise level, e.g. industry-widebargaining.

Application for registration of CBAsshall be accompanied by: statementon posting of the CBA in two (2)conspicuous place within theestablishment at least five (5) days

before the ratification; and a statementthat the CBA was ratified by a majorityof the employees in the bargaining unit.

Even re-negotiated CBAs shall beregistered with the same requirementsand procedure.

Concluded agreements through multi-employer bargaining shall be registeredwith the Bureau of Labor Relations.

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On Administration of UnionFunds and Actions Arising

Therefrom

Clear procedure on complaint or petitionwith allegations of mishandling or non-accounting of trade union funds. Afterexhausting procedures as stated in itsconstitution and by-laws, any complaintor petition, with the usual 20% supportsignatures of the total membership, shallbe filed with the regional office. TheMed-Arbiter shall appoint an AuditExaminer, who has 60 days to conductinventory on the financial records andphysical assets of the trade union andrender a report. Decision on the petitionshall be given 20 days after receipt ofthe said report from the Audit Examiner.

On Cancellation of Union Registration

Provides for cancellation of union registration due to non-compliance ofreportorial requirements with the regional office. This provision is separatefrom the cancellation of union registration due to violations of Article 239(Grounds for Cancellation of Union Registration) and Article 241 (Rights andConditions of Membership) of the Labor Code of the Philippines.

Requires a local/chapter or independent union to submit the followingdocuments:a. any amendment to its constitution and by-laws and the minutes of adoption

or ratification of such, within thirty (30) days from its adoption or ratification;b. annual financial reports within thirty (30) days after the close of each

fiscal or calendar year;c. updated list of newly-elected officers, together with appointive officers

or agents who are entrusted with the handling of funds, within thirty (30)days after each regular or special election; and

d. updated list of individual members of unions within thirty (30) days afterthe close each fiscal or calendar year;

With non-compliance for five (5) consecutive years, the regional office shallcause a proceeding for the cancellation of union registration, on their initiativeor upon complaint by any party-in-interest.

culled from the Operation Department’sLabor Bulletin. Want to know more aboutDO 40-03? Contact the OperationsDepartment @ 521.9435/ 64.

What happens to workers in theevent that the establishment they workfor is acquired by a bigger company, getsmerged with another or is left with norecourse but to close down?

How could the regular workforceand union membership increase in thecontext of prevalent contractual work?

Do women still suffer fromdiscrimination in the workplace, even astheir reproductive roles remainunchanged?

What protection can be providedthrough CBAs in the event these casesoccur?

It’s hard to answer these questionsbut left with no choice, union should beup to the challenge. From September toOctober, the FFW conducted a seriesof surveys and focused group

In search of model CBA provisions for the global worker

SECTIONby SECTIONCBA focused group discussion in Davao.

discussions among locals to analyze CBAs. The first washeld in Davao from Sept. 19-20. In Iloilo, it was held fromSept. 26-27. In Manila, simultaneoussessions were held in Oct.2 and 3.

A total of 35 CBAs had beenanalyzed by an FFW Inter-DepartmentTask Force composed of staff membersof the Legal Center, OperationsDepartment, PhilippineSocial Institute, FFWWomen’s Network and theFFW-CNV Workplan.

analyses and results of the nationwidesurveys and focused group discussionheld last year.

By the firstquarter of 2004, theFederation shall bevalidating these modelprovisions based on the

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We normally gauge the success of a Conference by the qualityand potentially beneficial impact of its Declaration. As such, aConference unable to produce even a one-sentenceDeclaration is considered a failure.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Fifth Ministerial inCancun, Mexico is one such Conference. And labor and othersectors reeling from the scourge of “unbridled globalization”and “excessive liberalization” could not have asked for a betteroutcome, for the breakdown of the WTO talks is a boost for theinterest of the marginalized.

Had developing countries like the Philippines been bullied intoacceding to the Draft Ministerial Declaration, further tariff cutswould have been applied on agriculture affecting the livelihoodsand lives of poor peasants, while reforms on domestic supportand export subsidies that protect rich countries would have beensidelined.

Non-agricultural products would have also gone to the tariffchopping block while negotiations in trade in services wouldhave been accelerated to give way to discussion of new issues:government procurement and trade facilitation; and theimposition of a deadline for reaching an agreement on themodalities for negotiations on investment and competitionpolicy.

The maneuver by developing economies—intended or not, isa masterstroke. But if these less powerful states fail to beef upin time for the next talks, the empires will strike back, intent ondevouring them while using all sorts of arm twisting and applyingnot so diplomatic pressure on each dissenting country.

Building

on the

people’s

victory in

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Thus, governments like that of the Philippines should realize theneed for a full accounting of all the devastations suffered byagriculture and industry since trade policies promotingliberalization have been enacted and implemented. One of themajor homework for policy makers therefore after the botchedCancun Meeting, is the review of tariff measures, which gladly isin process.

The tariff bound rates of the Philippines under the WTO is 20 percent, yet our actual tariff rates are already down to five per cent.This is why the local market is flooded by imports, mostly cheapsurplus products of China, which unlike the Philippines,implements a tariff regime five or six times higher. Industriessuccumb, agriculture dies and job losses continue to mount.

Re-calibrating our tariff rates is therefore in order. It should startwith the repeal of Executive Order 334. Enacted at the end ofthe term of President Joseph Estrada without any consultationwith industry and labor, EO 334 places 97 per cent of our industrialand agricultural products at a uniform 0-5 per cent tariff by thestart of 2004.

In consultation with labor, a socio-economic developmentframework must be developed before government inks anothertrade agreement so that the danger of compromising the bestinterest of the citizenry is lessened. Such framework need bethe basis for the formulation of trade policies.

The failure of the WTO in Cancun is a dent on the once invinciblearmor of the WTO that first cracked in Seattle. We should buildon these victories and expose its other chinks while we sharpenour “anti-excessive liberalization” sword.

FFW’s share

The Federation had a humbleshare in the victory at Cancun.

For one, it is active in labor andmulti-sectoral coalitions that haveespoused putting a stop to toomuch liberalization for the sake ofPhilippine labor and industries.

The FFW consistently attendsdialogues, fora, and other venuesfor discussions on labor and tradewith policy-makers.

It initiated a National Conferenceon Liberalization before Cancun,attended by its members and like-minded unions. Phil ippinenegotiating team representativeswere there.

The FFW Governing Boardadopted the conclusions of thatConference, including the viewsthat perceived benefits ofglobalization were not realized;there is no clear national policy toenable the country to competeglobally; and that governmentcontinues to pursue globalizationpolicies without careful lyconsidering their impact on labor,industries and agriculture.

FFW and labor’s battle againstthe evils of liberalization is farfrom over. But it has learned thatbeing relentless and joining othertroops of unionists andmarginalized here and abroadmight very well be the formula forvictory.

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Storiesof a

Federationin

(mass)action

FFW marches as oneon the centennial of Philippine Labor

UNITED VERSUS THE SCOURGE OF GLOBALIZATION

Unions and sectoral organizationsaffiliated with the FFW converged at theFederation headquarters and held apeaceful rally along Taft Avenue (amajor thoroughfare in Manila) beforereaching Remedios Circle (near thehistoric Malate church) for an outdoorsolidarity program.

The theme revolved around the urgentcall of the times to “Strengthen thesolidarity of unions and basic sectors;rise up to the challenge ofGlobalization!”

Some 5,000 FFW members includingaffiliate organizations of informalworkers, farmers, youth, women andpoor communities expressed theirreadiness to rise up to the challenges ofthe times in unity, as workers all over

National President Ramon Jabar.Earlier, a group of Filipino-Chinesebusinessmen proposed a ban onstrikes for ten years in exchangefor jobs. “They are trying to hold

No to strike ban

Labor and Employment SecretaryPatricia Sto. Tomas, keynotespeaker of the program assuredworkers that it will shoot down anyproposal to institutionalizemoratoriums on CBAs and strikes.

“The Secretary’s pronouncementis a welcome development,” saidMr. Jabar who was elated over theannouncement of the LaborSecretary.

“Significant strides have beenmade from the days of US colonialrule but workers today are directly

reaking recent tradition of marching together with other Labor groups, the Federationof Free Workers marked Labor Day 2003 by holding a family affair.B

the country celebrated the centennial ofthe labor movement in the Philippines.

being threatened by an unpatrioticbusiness organization,” said FFW

RALLYIST?In casual attire,

Sec. Sto. Tomasjoins the FFW

celebrationas ILO Manila

Dir. WernerBlenk

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Integrate core labor standardsin IFI policies

“We cannot discuss the issuesproperly if the bank officials willremain mum on the request of theworkers to have a forum. We aretaking our forum instead on thestreets, perhaps by this way they willhear us,” Asian Labor Network onInternational Financial Institutions/Philippines (ALNI/P) Co-Chairperson for FFW Atty. AllanMontano said.

ALNI/P trooped to the ADBheadquarters in Ortigas in protestover the Annual Meeting that wasbeing held there. They proceededoutside a nearby hotel, where aluncheon was hosted by the Bank’sofficials with the President deliveringa speech.

ALNI/P has been pressing for theincreased accountability of the ADBand other IFIs in their policies andprojects.

It has also been lobbying for theintegration of International Labor

ADB would increase the accountabilityof IFIs, particularly concerningdisplaced workers,” Atty. Montaño said.

The ADB has not been held responsiblefor adverse effects of the projects it

hostage trade unions while blackmailingthe government into agreeing to banstrikes,” Jabar said.

“Without the option to strike, the union’sgreatest weapon against greedy capitalists,management can easily drag down wagesand terminate workers at will” he added.

Labor Code Amendments

Meanwhile, FFW leaders in the Visayas(central Philippines) celebrated Labor Dayby “denouncing ambiguous and unjustproposals to amend the Labor Code”.

These provisions include: mandatory wageincrease every six years coveringemployees in non-unionized firms;extension of CBAs from five to six yearsand the downgrading of management’sunfair labor practice from being a criminaloffense to a mere administrative offense.

“What we need in this time of Globalizationis criminalization of the contractualizationscheme,” said Ms Grace Savella, FFWVP for Visayas in reference to theproposed legalization and deregulation ofcontractualization.

The FFW continues to participate inhearings on the “New Labor Code”conducted by the Committee on Labor ofthe House of Representatives.

fter being snubbed by the scaled-down 36th AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting and gettingA

a token invitation to a “social function”, FFW, other unionsand allied organizations took their issues to the streets.

Organization-approved core laborstandards in its manual of operations.

“The integration of core labor standardsin all loans and projects funded by the

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1. Lower the prices of basic utilitiessuch as electricity, water and oil

2. Raise wages and benefits andenact the Constitutional mandatefor a living wage

3. Stop unjustifiable liberalization oftrade, deregulation andprivatization, especially of basicservices that are promoted by theWTO

4. Broaden the scope of the right toorganize in the public sector,including the unionization ofsoldiers and policemen

5. End union busting and criminalizeunfair labor practices

Integrate core...from previous page

funds, as it is immune from suits,leaving affected workers andcommunities without legal recourse.

“We are expecting ADB to withdrawtheir anti-labor policies and secure aformal dialogue with the people’srepresentatives to give assurance thatthe workers’ rights will be upheld andthe crucial issues of the workers willbe complied,” Mr. Montaño added.

Driven away

More than a hundred FFW memberswho joined the protest action convergedearly at a nearby parking lot along ADBAvenue only to be driven away bypolice and security personnel for nothaving a permit. The rally organizerssought for a permit several days aheadbut the office of the Mayor ofMandaluyong City, never released such.

A ten-wheeler truck ferrying the soundsystem came too early for the publicevent and was advised to stay awayfrom ADB. It never got near the massof people that gathered much later.

The mass action had to rely on theavailable megaphones and the loudvoices of march leaders. Most of themwent home with hoarse voices.

FFW warned of the dangers to labor ofthe pending discussion on the GeneralAgreement on Trade in Services (GATS)by the World Trade Organizationmeeting in September.

Rallyists noted that workers are stillreeling from the effects ofretrenchments as a result of closures,mergers, acquisitions and restructuringof corporations. And yet, here comes theWTO threatening jobs again.

Coming at the heels of a failed coupattempt organized by disgruntled youngmilitary officers, the State of the Nationmay have more aptly been put as that ofnation in a crisis economically and in acrisis of governance.

In summation, the following is theproposed agenda of the Federation duringthe day:

Don’t offer workers, the peopleto the altar of Globalization

SONA

lowly becoming a tradition, members of the FFWwelcomed the re-opening of the Philippine CongressS

by presenting its legislative agenda not only to lawmakers,who hardly listen to them, but to more receptive ordinaryfolk, who complete the parliament of the streets.

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Philippine labor groups agree in understanding and advocacythat there should be a stop to further trade and trade-relatedliberalization in the Philippines.

Labor also believes that the WTO should not be allowed tohave jurisdiction over fisheries, services, and the new issuesof investment, competition policy, government procurementand trade facilitation.

The groups also note that no study on the impact of thegovernment’s trade liberalization program has been conducted.

Stop the New Round!

s endorser of the Stop the New Round! Coalition, FFW participated in the All-LaborMeetings and Mobilization in Manila, right before the Cancun Meeting “to unify majorA

Philippine Labor Groups’ position” on the WTO 5th Ministerial Meeting.

Tinig, this segment’s title has evolvedfrom PalitAwit (literally meaning“change the song”), to SalinAwit(translate the song) and finally toMensAwit.

Tinig episodes go on-air utilizingavailable talent and manpower from theFederation.

Unlike other radio programs thathave a battalion of staff for a show,all pre-production, airing and post-production work are handled by theFFW-CNV Workplan team.

The team itself conducts theresearch and prepares the scriptweekly. Assistance from the radio

station only comes in at the highlytechnical level.

Other segments of the program includeTinig Malaya: Labor Trivia para saManggagawa and Balik Tanaw, a lookback to the history of the FFW, its corevalues and its contributions to the labormovement.

Consultations on the Cancun issues were done only in August2003, and they were held only in Manila, even as negotiationshave been ongoing since December 2001.

The tariff review was started only recently and it is far frombeing completed.

Having failed to do their homework, our negotiators can onlypresent indicative negotiating positions that are seriouslylacking in detail.

Now, our voices... from pages 1 & 2

STREET THEATERTAPIEU-FFWCultural Group.

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The Board decision is based on therecommendations of the “NationalWriteshop and Policy AdoptionConference” held in Bayview ParkHotel, Manila on Oct. 8.

The action, meant to improvestructures and administration within theFederation, is also mandated by the FFW21st National Convention Policy andProgram of Action.

Among the tasks of RPDAO are toestablish a database, conduct research,policy studies and lobby appropriategovernment agencies on the positionstaken by FFW on various labor andnational issues. The RPDAO shall becomposed of a staff composite team. Eph

Guerrero ofthe FFW-C N VWo r k p l a nteam hasalready beenappointed bythe FFWPresident asCoordinator.The rest of

Juan C. Tan, President EmeritusRamon J. Jabar, National President

Atty. Allan S. Montaño, Nat’l Vice PresidentJose D. Cayobit, National Treasurer

National Executice Offiers, FFW

Janet C. Dellaban, Chairperson, FFW-CNVWorkplan Steering Committee

Ephraim V. Guerrero • Julius H. CaingletEditorial Team

Juliet P. PalabonCirculation

Board sets up policy and advocacy office

Free Workers is a publication of theFederation of Free Workers

(FFW-BATU-WCL).

the team shall be named soon.As recommended by the Policy

Adoption Conference and adopted by theFFW GB, statements, position papersand similar documents that will bear thename of FFW shall go through the

RPDAO and be recommended foradoption to the Governing Board.

Publications, especially thosedocumenting Conferences,Consultations, Fora and the like shall alsogo through the newly established office.

esponding to the need to advocate for external policies and programs and to frameinternal policies and programs, the FFW Governing Board has formally established theR

Research, Policy Development and Advocacy Office (RPDAO).

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