On the Philippine Constitution and Gap’s Labor Problems

In our today’s class, we have discussed the Philippine Constitution and analyzed the case on Gap’s Labor Problems. Gap as we all know, is one of the largest brand in the clothing industry however, Gap was not free of any labor problems. Gap, an international company, was found to be having factories with poor working conditions and minors being employed. Gap immediately answered the problem and cleared its image and reputation stating that its third party contractor was the one who were responsible for the issues.

Having stated the above, this brings me to my current blog topic today which is on the Philippine Constitution however I would particularly like to dwell on two things to relate to our case analysis which is the labor situation in the country and the continuous rise of outsourcing.

The Philippine constitution has some concrete laws written on labor and outsourcing but I would like to highlight both the benefits and disadvantages of outsourcing labor. It is true that countries such as ours are the main target of foreign companies to outsource their services especially given that we are an English speaking county and that labor is cheap compared to developed countries. However, we must also protect our fellow Filipinos so that what happened in Gap would not be experienced by our own country as well.

It is good to note that Gap, being an ethically responsible company, had took measures to address the problem however, if the above was not the case, then the poor labourers would be left hanging with nothing to fight for. Outsourcing is good for both the company and the country where it outsources it services but we should not discount the fact that companies should provide fair and equal opportunities wherever they are situated.