On April 3, 2012, garments factory worker Ernani Ajero, 34, had no inkling whatsoever that it would be his last day at work. Ajero, together with other 1,500 regular workers of the company, was laid off instantly after a meeting with the management, which forced its employees to get their last paycheck, with the option of working under contract for the company.
The company, Hoffen Industries Corp., deliberately stopped and closed operations without prior notice to its workers. It reopened a week later, replacing the regular employees with contract workers, each accepting the terms of a one-year agreement with the company and now receiving minimum wage sans any sort of fringe benefit.
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