CL Economic Enclaves
Workers face bleak Christmas
by Fred Villareal
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.
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HACIENDA LUISITA
Golden harvest.
Farm workers in Hacienda Luisita started to reap the
rewards of the "Bungkalan" (cultiva- tion) campaign.
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