Jan 3, 2007 Hermosa: emergency fund set up and new action request In 2006 we have several times asked you to support the Hermosa workers, whose factory closed in may 2005 following an attempt to organize a union. A determined group of 63 workers has since been campaigning to receive their legally owed severance and other payments, and to end the blacklisting that prevents them from getting new jobs in the Maquila. Read more >> | Take action Now! >> Nov 21, 2006 Stop violence against Philippine garment workers Please support garment workers in the Philippines, whose attempts to organize in defense of their rights are currently met with repression and extreme violence. On August 30, Chong Won union members started a picket line in front of the factory after management sent them home allegedly due to absence of orders.The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) is alarmed at the recent violence and ongoing repression directed at those who support workers' rights in the Philippines and find the alleged involvement of local authorities, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) police and Jantro Security guards to be particularly troubling.