{ Issues of the Community}

Area 5, Quezon City Labor Sector

Social Analysis:

Economic Factors
Macro
-Employment: contractual or impermanent; own business. -Cost of living in Manila (Family of 6): Php 1,010 (April 2011) -Poverty Threshold: Php 46/person/day -Metro Manila Minimum Wage: Php 389-426 (May 2011) -GDP: 3.2% (Q3, 2011)

Micro
-No stable employment for family members capable of work -Mothers usually need to stay at home to attend to children -Usual nature of employment: manual labor, minimum wage, contractual/impermanent -Alternative sources of income are available, but are mostly conned within the same community (ex. sari-sari stores) -Extended families: higher expenditures per household, with number of breadwinners staying the same. -Minimum material needs are met. (Priorities: food, water, electricity, childrens education)

Main Economic Issue: Employment

Political Factors
Macro
-Lack of land tenure* -Republic Act No. 8425: Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act -Conditional Cash Transfer program -OYSTER -Dagdag Puhunan Para sa Kabuhayan ng Pamilya -National Crisis: Ondoy, Rice Shortage, Public Education Crisis

Micro
-Effects passed laws and acts do not exactly trickle down to the community -Members of the community have no ofcial ownership over the land -Land promised to war veterans were never fully and formally granted -No ofcial documents: land titles -Presence of Labor Activists -Involvement with Labor Education And Research Network (LEARN)

Main Political Issue: Proper implementation and execution of laws

Socio-cultural Factors
Macro
-Culture of abuse and marginalization (esp. in Economic and Political terms) -Lack of land tenure* -No formal educationtranslates to illiteracy and fewer employment opportunities -Health concerns: lack of proper nutrition, healthcare

Micro
-Values: strong family ties, appreciation for simple things -Willingness to sacrice education for employment -Domestic violence -Stereotypes for poor people

Main Socio-cultural Issue: Tolerance of helplessness

Environmental Factors
Macro
-Informal labor sector is not directly involved in the consumption of natural resources (nature of work) -However, the environment is critical in the development and well-being of individuals. -UN-Habitat: Inadequate living conditions in the urban poor sector.

Micro
-No proper waste management system -Dependence of scavengers on nearby Payatas dumpsite -Apparent lack of involvement in environmental cultivation and/or conservation

Main Environmental Issue: Apparent disconnect with physical environment

Issues

Employment

Issues

Employment Tolerance of helplessness

Issues

Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues

Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Manual Labor Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Manual Labor Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Manual Labor Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Search for alternative income sources

Manual Labor

Employment Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Poverty Effects:

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Poverty Effects: Money circulate among themselves

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Poverty Effects: Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development Effects:

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development Effects:

Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Manual Labor

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Few opportunities Manual Labor

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Few opportunities Manual Labor (Cause) Lack of education

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Few opportunities Manual Labor (Cause) Lack of education

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible

Effects:

Poverty forced to give up education for work lack of opportunity Money circulate among themselves still an unstable source of income no actual increase in money

Few opportunities Manual Labor (Cause) Lack of education

Search for alternative income sources

Sari-Sari store Bakery/Food Business

Employment

Tolerance of helplessness Disconnect with physical environment

Issues
Poor implementation of laws

Land only owned by right (no documents)

Effects:

companies (Manila Water, Meralco) reluctant to start development water system limited no electricity for remote areas of the community Displacement still possible