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SPECIAL REPORTS

CL Economic Enclaves
Workers face bleak Christmas


Posted: 15 December 2006 | © Gitnang Luson News Service

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OLONGAPO CITY -- This Christmas season, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo paints a rosy picture for workers especially in so-called “industrial enclaves” such as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Pampanga and the Subic Bay Free Port Economic Zone (SBFEZ). But the reality for workers here are low wages, harsh working conditions and curtailment of their right to unionize and bargain for better terms.



HACIENDA LUISITA
Golden harvest. Farm workers in Hacienda Luisita started to reap the rewards of the "Bungkalan" (cultiva- tion) campaign.


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