Date of publication: March 18, 2008
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Author: Beverly T. Natividad
MANILA, Philippines -- It was a group that went against two Korean firms to fight for workers’ rights, but it ended up being given South Korea’s most prestigious human rights award.
There really was no contradiction there, said Fr. Jose Dizon, executive director of the Workers’ Assistance Center Inc. (WAC), the church-based group that bagged the prestigious award this year.
In fact, Dizon said, the Koreans were even “ashamed and apologetic” to the Filipino awardees for what they had to go through in the hands of some “oppressive Korean nationals” in the Philippines...