Filipino workers, activists protest over jobs

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By Cody Yiu
STAFF REPORTER
Thursday, Jun 03, 2004,Page 5

Ten Filipinos and members of a labor-rights group protested outside the Council of Labor Affairs yesterday over the refusal of the Filipinos' employer to extend their contracts. The protesters claim the workers were being punished for a controversy over brokers' fees.

According to the labor-rights group Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), 19 Filipino migrant workers employed by Tai Fong Circuit Industry (TCI) in the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park were unable to get their contracts extended because they had fought against what they claimed was exploitation by their employment agency.

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