Litigation support
SALIGAN represents workers in administrative, judicial, and quasi-judicial proceedings, and regularly conducts tactic sessions with partner labor unions and graduate-paralegals.
Legal Education
SALIGAN has a paralegal formation program for workers in the private sector called the Lakas ng Manggagawang Paralegal (LAMPARA) For 2023-2025, the program is being conducted among workers in the service, transport, and manufacturing industries, and among women workers. SALIGAN also holds legal literacy sessions on freedom of association, and labor laws on public sector workers, migrants, women workers, workers in the informal economy, and workers in NGOs.
Policy work
In consultation with partners and networks, SALIGAN participates in policy debates concerning the review of the existing labor laws and policies, specifically on the right to a living wage, security of tenure, and freedom of association. We attend congressional hearings, conferences and fora, and push for needed changes in the country’s labor laws and policies. SALIGAN is the women sector representative to the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of the National Capital Region.
Research and publication
SALIGAN develops and publishes manuals, seminar kits, policy papers, legal opinions, and primers. Among these are Manual ng Manggagawang Paralegal, Kasambahay Law Primer, and Labor Laws for NGO Workers. In partnership with international organizations, we developed the Manual on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, and the Module on Pre-Departure Orientation of Household Service Workers from the BARMM to Gulf States. Developments in policies and jurisprudence are published quarterly in SALIGAN Batas.