Over 400K construction, manufacturing workers to get jabs — DOLE
THE Department of Labor and Employment reported that over 400,000 workers from the construction and manufacturing sectors will be inoculated starting Wednesday as the department rolls out in Manila a special vaccination to help boost employment recovery under the ‘Reform, Rebound, Recover: One Million Jobs for 2021′ project.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said the project, a partnership between government and the private sector, aims to provide jabs to workers of sectors considered as the country’s main economic contributors.
Earlier, the National Task Force Against Covid-19 approved DOLE’s request for the allocation of vaccines for 452,000 workers in industries identified as critically important for the economy.
The DOLE made the request to uphold the government’s commitments to its private sector partners in the project.
In the manifesto signed by DOLE and key National Employment Recovery Strategy Task Force member agencies along with leading business groups led by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, the business organizations committed to the creation of one million jobs for 2021.
“That’s their show of support for the Task Force’s efforts to address employment issues caused by the pandemic,” Bello said.
