Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia and different Cebu Metropolis officers signed a covenant recognizing the rights of meals supply riders throughout a city corridor dialogue on Tuesday, November 12. | CDN Digital picture/ Emmariel Ares
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Christmas got here early for over 2, 000 meals supply riders in Cebu Metropolis.
Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has promised to personally pay the price of their accident insurance coverage premium in 2025 that can avail them of protection amounting to P100, 000.
As well as, Garcia additionally promised to waive subsequent 12 months’s enterprise allow price and grant them amnesty for unpaid penalties from visitors violations incurred this 12 months. Waiving of unpaid penalties will permit the meals supply riders to acquire an Identification Card (ID) from the Cebu Metropolis Transportation Workplace (CCTO), which is a requirement for motorcycle-based companies.
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This was his response to the considerations that members of the Union of Meals Supply Riders in Cebu raised throughout their city corridor dialogue that was held at Metropolis Corridor.
No less than 250 meals supply riders from Seize and Meals Panda, who had reached out to his workplace to hunt assistance on their present working circumstances, joined the dialogue.
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Instant reduction
Union members earlier gained a P7.4-million swimsuit towards Meals Panda that was filed earlier than the Nationwide Labor Relations Fee (NLRC). However the meals supply firm has appealed NLRC’s choice.
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“I’m completely satisfied to supply a direct reduction for the supply riders whereas their authorized victory is on enchantment,” Garcia stated.
“These are hardworking people attempting to make an trustworthy dwelling on their bikes, most of whom are the only breadwinners of their households. These are small tokens of appreciation,” he added.
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Through the city corridor dialogue, meals supply riders had been allowed to speak to Garcia and ask questions on what the town authorities can do to handle their considerations.
The problems that they raised included their lack of accident insurance coverage and the necessity to pay enterprise allow charges and fines.
“Think about these three issues accomplished,” Garcia instructed the riders.
“I agree 100% on the problems you introduced up right now,” he added.
Garcia stated that he’ll make a request for members of the Metropolis Council to convene in an govt session on November 20 for them to formally talk about the metropolis authorities’s help to the meals supply riders.
One other dialogue
After his dialogue with the riders, Garcia stated that he will even provoke a separate dialogue with the supply platform corporations.
“I’ll invite them right here to sit down down and have a dialogue with us and discuss these different points and hopefully discover a resolution that’s helpful to all of you,” he stated.
Furthermore, Garcia stated that he’ll convene a council for bike riders, that can embrace motorcycle-for-hire drivers and supply riders, to look into points that have an effect on their operations.
Garcia has appointed Abraham Lanurias, president of Meals Panda Riders Union, and Seize counterpart Noahde Vayson to characterize their respective teams within the stated council.
They’ll talk about throughout their first assembly the necessity to open a bodily workplace in Cebu Metropolis and the problem on “shadow banning” or inserting restrictions on supply bookings which negatively impacts their earnings.
Earlier than Tuesday’s dialogue ended, Garcia additionally signed a covenant with the meals supply riders to acknowledge their rights for social safety, illustration, freedom from discrimination, protected and wholesome working circumstances, self-organization, and steady training and abilities coaching.
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