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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History. The twenty first

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<v Speaker 1>of January and on the twenty first of January nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty eight, workers at the Passig Mattel plant in the

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<v Speaker 1>Philippines blockaded their factory following a vote in favor of

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<v Speaker 1>strike action in protest at the firm closing its Caneter plant.

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<v Speaker 1>The move cost the jobs of one eight hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty workers who made costumes and accessories for Barbie dolls,

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<v Speaker 1>even though the press reported that eighty five percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the passive workers went to work. The blockade shut down

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<v Speaker 1>all production by stopping materials entering or leaving the factory

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<v Speaker 1>rather than negotiate with the workers, though Mattel decided to

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<v Speaker 1>close its operation in the Philippines down completely and lay

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<v Speaker 1>off the remaining two thy two hundred Passig workers in

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<v Speaker 1>violation of their collective agreement with the workers' union should

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<v Speaker 1>have been respected until at least nineteen ninety. The sources

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<v Speaker 1>Links in the show notes the music by Deco, See

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<v Speaker 1>you Tomorrow,