Leprosy Workers Strike
Associated Press
CEBU CITY, Philippines —
About 150 workers at a leprosy sanitarium, including current and former patients, began a sit-down strike Monday to demand regular employment and benefits.
Taking part in the protest were part-time nurse’s aides, carpenters, security guards and other workers at the Eversely Childs Sanitarium, a government-run hospital in Mandaue, near Cebu City, 300 miles south of Manila.
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