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OVER a month before Christmas, a total of 196 workers in Lapu-Lapu City were displaced from their jobs after the companies they worked for either shut down operations or experienced a slump in market demand.A total of 113 employees were retrenched following one company’s downsizing in response to a slowdown in market demand. The 83 others were terminated after a Japanese-owned company decided to shutdown operations after 27 years at the economic zone in Lapu-Lapu City.
Out of the 83, nine decided they will not apply back,” said Francisco. “Kaye” , 45, a production worker of the Japanese company, said that she was one of the 83 workers who was affected by the closure as she is the only one supporting her family. “Akong bana naa siyay problema sa iyang health, unya ako nalay nag support unya naa koy anak college, nya nag-abang pa pud ko maong lisod kaayo karon na ingon ani ang among company na sira,” said Kaye.
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