Canadian Campus Paper Features Struggles In and Around CEZ
Rosario, Cavite - McGill Daily, a campus newspaper in McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada published a story regarding struggles of workers and the surrounding community of the Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ) in its website on January 12, 2012. The article written by Tanya Bindra presented the story of Jerson Ballena, one of the terminated officers of Daeduck Employees Union (DEU) currently staging its protest camp in front of Daeduck Philippines Incorporated (DDPI) since December 6, 2011. Go to McGill Daily Website: http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2012/01/jerson-ballena-loses-his-job-you-get-a-cheap-laptop-welcome-to-globalization-philippines-style/ WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE GLOBE:
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