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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 265, April 14, 2000 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 253 DATED MARCH 6, 2000, BY TRANSFERRING THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION WEEK FROM MARCH 27 – 31, 2000 TO MAY 1 – 6, 2000

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Philippines mandates the promotion of the “principle of shared responsibility between workers and the employers” and the enforcement of their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace;

WHEREAS, there is a need to create broader consciousness of labor-management cooperation as an effective measure to foster industrial peace and harmony;

WHEREAS, labor-management cooperation is responsive to the challenge of global consciousness and to the rapidly changing global business environment and new world trade order envisioned by the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade;

WHEREAS, labor-management cooperation is not only an empowering alternative but also one of the most effective formulae to realize the Vision of Philippines 2000 in the sector of labor-management relations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 253 dated March 6, 2000, by transferring the observance of the Labor Management Cooperation Week from March 27 – 31, 2000 to May 1 – 6, 2000 under the auspices of the Philippine Association of Labor-Management Councils, Inc..1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

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