08/10/2025
✨𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐊) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐋𝐀𝐁-𝐔 𝐀𝐋𝐋) 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧✨
✊𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞✊
The National Public Workers Congress (PUBLIK), the first and most representative labor center of public service unions and associations in the Philippines, successfully held its Joint National Convention with Labor United and Alliances (LAB-U ALL) on September 29–30, 2025 at the Occupational Safety and Health Center, Quezon City.
With the theme “Building Sustainable Union Power through Organizing for Quality Public Services and Good Governance,” the convention brought together union leaders and representatives from national government agencies, local government units, state and local universities and colleges, government owned and/or controlled corporations, local water districts, retirees, contractual workers, barangay health workers (BHWs), and other informal workers in public services.
PUBLIK, established in 2019, continues to stand for people over profit and remains committed to workers’ rights, gender equality, good governance, and climate and social justice.
Keynote Speaker Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma of the Department of Labor and Employment recognized the vital role of public sector unions, especially “in this critical point of reckoning of how governmental institutions have adhered to the principles of good governance, integrity, and accountability.” He stressed that public sector unions are “more than representatives of their members”—they are partners in building good governance and watchdogs that keep institutions honest and accountable. He reiterated DOLE’s duty in ensuring the principles of ILO Convention 151 are respected, and emphasized the importance of open, continuous, and informed social dialogue with PUBLIK and its affiliates.
Solidarity messages were also delivered by labor and development partners including:
√ Public Services International
√ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES Philippines)
√ International Labour Organization (ILO)
√ Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI)
√ Doctors United – Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
√ Danish Trade Union Development Agency (DTDA)
√ Solidarity Center
√ Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)
√ FFW–NAGKAISA Labor Coalition
During the convention, delegates:
👉Discussed pressing issues facing public service workers
👉Reviewed the Public Sector Labor Relations Roadmap (2017–2027)
👉Adopted PUBLIK’s Five-Year Action and Financial Plan
👉Heard reports and updates from public sector labor representatives to tripartite and multipartite bodies
👉Adopted important resolutions including resolutions against corruption and privatization
𝘔𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘰!
𝘔𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘜𝘉𝘓𝘐𝘒! ✊
