| LEPANTO 
        STRIKE 2005 PHOTO GALLERY | 
   
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        ALL IS LOST.  After braving three months of toil and strife, 
        the labor dispute at the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company in Mankayan, 
        Benguet province has been put to rest with the sighning of a Memorandum 
        of Agreement and the Lepanto Employees Union-NAFLU-KMU. For now, the signing 
        of the MOA is a victory for the workers, yet the lessons and gains are 
        far better victories in the course of the strike. The LEU went on strike 
        also in 2003 and had almost all of its demands heeded. The Cordillera Peoples 
        Alliance salutes the 19 union officers for resolutely leading the union 
        in their battle despite brutal attacks from the company and State armed 
        forces, for making the supreme sacrifice of accepting their dismissal 
        from work to save the union membership. Please 
        attribute all photos to Cordillera Peoples Alliance/NORDIS Photos. | 
   
    | The 
        Cordillera Peoples Alliance gives its thanks and appreciation to all individuals 
        and organizations who extended their support (solidarity statements, pressure 
        letters to concerned individuals, organizations, and agencies; logistical 
        and financial support) to the Lepanto Employees Union on the duration 
        od ther 101-day strike versusu the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, 
        from June 2 to September 10. Your concern and support to the workers' 
        strike has advanced the struggle of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera 
        region against national oppression and capitalist exploitation.  | 
   
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