First, I’d like to thank everyone who signed the CHEAPER MEDICINES BILL online petition. The law was passed last week and we’re now just waiting for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to sign the bill. This is really a great milestone for the country and I look forward to more affordable medicines for future generations. Thank you Senator Mar Roxas for sponsoring and pushing for the passing of this bill! Now, I’d like to ask your support again guys for another online petition. This one is sponsored by the Blas F. Ople Policy Center. We’re going to push Call Centers to have free shuttle services for night shift. How many times have we heard of horror stories of mugging, harrasment, and even rape during the wee hours of the morning on their way home from work? This is a really important issue and even if we get just 1 or 2 call centers to do this, then we can claim that the petition worked!
Here’s the full text of the petition:
To: Call Center Operators/CCAP
How many times have we heard stories of people being harassed and mugged on their way to and from work during late hours? The working force of call centers are constantly exposed to dangers like this because of all the bad elements that prowl the streets during the wee hours of the morning.
In the spirit of Labor Day this coming May 1, 2008, we would like to propose that Call Centers offer free shuttle services to night-shift employees for their own safety. The service won’t have to bring all of them home directly but at least drop them off in secure places that have decent lighting with access to public transportation.
If you believe in this, then please sign this online petition and forward to your friends. Thank you and mabuhay po kayong lahat!
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION
Please sign the petition and pass it around! If you have friends in the Call Center or BPO industry, please give the link to them as well so they can pass it to their officemates. Let’s make this snowball and hopefully it will gain enough momentum and force Call Center employers to take this seriously.
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yogi on May 2, 2008
ok yan.. kahit ung night shift lang… kano lang naman ata magagastos para doon.. pero cguro dapat me pickup time ung shuttle pra d ganun ka heavy sa part ng company
Unknown guest on May 2, 2008
meron kami nyan dito pro di kami call center. hehehe. pro opinion lng ha. mas maganda kung sa mahihirap nlng bigay yan pang gastos dyn. kaya nmn siguro mgtaxi ng mga call center agents di ba? Kung safety ang pinaguusapan siguro ung kapulisan ang dapat ayusin. dapat dami ng roronda na mabuting pulis. Opinion lng yan ah. kasi parang medyo one sided kung call center lang ung free ride. nung external auditor pa ako mas malala pa ung nararanasan nmn kasi pasok ng maaga tapos uwi ng madaling araw around 4 am my mga dalang laptop. pro wala nmng nangyayari masama samin. siguro dapat maingat lng. isa pa baka pagumpisahan na nmn yan ng mga corrupt practices.
S P Y on May 2, 2008
sir wauks meron na plang quest event hehe your the man hehe sna tagalan nyo ba bitin may 7 eh
S P Y on May 2, 2008
sir napansin ko may 2 6pm na post sa rb yung quest na
qeo sweepers tpos duration april 30 to may 7
sana po extend nyo khit 1 week pa
Petition for a Free Shuttle Service for Call Center Agents at Night | medina.ph on May 2, 2008
[...] Carlo posted a petition calling for a free shuttle service for call center agents who fall prey to unscrupulous individuals at night. To: Call Center Operators/CCAP [...]
Master Diwa on May 2, 2008
Hahaha lol Wauks, di ko alam kung ano meron but my latest blogpost also talks about call centers. Whatta coincidence.
Satanus on May 3, 2008
sir, hindi ba gumagana heart of ymir sa madaling araw???sayang kasi pag gising ko… hindi ako makapag trans kasi di ko makausap heart of ymir…/sob
sayang oras ko…/sob
roiji on May 3, 2008
biassednessity.. if this is so then everyone else should have a shuttle service~ and most of these incident, i believe, happen near their homes…
Master Diwa on May 4, 2008
Wauks, di ka nagrereply sa text, anyway, sana makadaan kayo later sa house. Thanks.
kirk on May 4, 2008
ang rumor dito pag nanalo si OBAMA, baka mawala na call centersa pinas.
pa follow up po ng sirang maps sa TYR. tenchu!
Kristoph on May 6, 2008
NUrses should get free shuttle service too.. I think everyone should <_<
iseedeadpeople on May 9, 2008
lol… baket call center agents lang?
eh kung bigyan ng free shuttle service lahat ng mga nagwo-work or umuuwi sa alanganing oras?
di lang naman mga call center agents ang pwedeng maging biktima ng mga krimen e.
di ko suportadong yang petition na yan. sobra kasing limited lang sa mga call center agents. no offense pero napaka-selfish naman pag ganun.
CITIZEN on July 23, 2008
Ano na balita? What happened to this petition?