00000cab a22000004cb4500 IPP-00000188931 IPP 20160926163528.0 160926s2010 xx d | ||r |||||eng|| eng Sibal, Jorge V. Social partnership models challenges to IR actors 2010 With intensifying globalization, the past and present government administrators are focused in reducing poverty and creating jobs through industry competitiveness within a labor policy regime that promotes decent work. Skills-building and education programs, infrastructure development and reduced fiscal deficit are among the government's major concerns. This paper is a documentation of good social partnerships among the industry and labor leaders in 16 companies to demonstrate an important adjustment strategy in coping with increased competition resulting from globalization. Partnership (Business) International relations Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations Vol. XXX, no. 1 and 2 (2010), 86-103 UPD DSOLAIR Article FI