MANILA — Women workers from the Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK) demand justice for the victims of fire that razed a warehouse of the Housing Technology Industries (HTI) located inside the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority (CEPZA) in General Trias, Cavite province. Fire broke out late afternoon of Feb. 1, Wednesday, injuring at least 100…
That they are women did not protect them from the violence of the police. And now, because they defended themselves, Monina Eugenio, Adelaida Bago, Gemma Garabato, Bessie Hernandez, and Normilita Galon are among 33 workers and unionists at the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) who face criminal charges. BY JOSETTE EMILY Z. DE JESUS, GLAIZA…
When Bulatlat last visited Arnold Redondo, which was early last February, he still had his job as a production operator at Eighttech Manufacturing Corporation, one of the companies operating at the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) which is the largest export-processing zone in the country – though he and his co-workers had been working for…
With the US dominating the world economy, the effects of this crunch have spread to other countries including the Philippines – affecting multitudes of workers who are now struggling to simply live through the difficult times.