Former senator and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines president Ernesto Herrera on Wednesday said contractualization is illegal, dismissing misunderstanding that the law he authored—Republic Act 6715—allowed labor-only contracting.

“Actually, former senator Herrera’s law declared illegal contractualization,” said OFW Family Party List Rep. Roy Seneres, who joined labor union officials in a news conference on Wednesday at Manila Yacht Club on Roxas Boulevard in Manila.

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