President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday called on the labor sector to vigorously implement the plan for the Trabaho Para sa Bayan (TPB).
According to President Marcos, the TPB Plan will be one of the driving forces to help create at least three million new jobs by the time he steps down from office.
TPB is a 10-year roadmap that will serve as the national guide towards greater employment generation and recovery.
“In line with our priorities, and the outcomes that we desire, and strategies stated in the Philippine Development Plan, the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan, the Strategic Investment Priority Plan, and the Workforce Development Plan, the TPB Plan will be one of the driving forces to help create at least three million new jobs by the year 2028,” he said during the first-ever 2024 National Employment Summit in Manila.
“Beyond generating employment, what we want to achieve is creating quality jobs, with special emphasis on ensuring workers’ welfare, empowerment, competitiveness, and security in all sectors of our labor sector.”
This is the reason why government is working doubly hard to address job-skills mismatch, underemployment, and unemployment through the reforms in the basic education curriculum, the embedding of TVET in the Senior High School curriculum, and the implementation of employment facilitation initiatives, he explained.
The President said the summit is the perfect time for key players to come together—from workers, to employers, government, other partners, private sector partners—to harness the spirit of Bayanihan as the country meets the emerging needs in the local, national, regional, and international labor markets.
“We have exciting times that lie ahead. We look forward to the new jobs, the new sectors, the new opportunities that are waiting for us and for the Philippines,” he said.
He urged the stakeholders to execute a TPB Plan with the goal of reaching the workers’ fullest potential as active participants in nation building.
“So let us lay the groundwork that will ensure that the next decade will be a decade of meaningful employment and economic growth,” he said. | PND
