Why I quit the drugs industry

As a kid I dreamt of becoming a doctor so that one day I could help people in my village who did not have the money to pay for even basic health services. I never became a doctor; my family could not afford it. Instead I worked for the pharmaceutical industry. My job was to peddle the myth that good health can be bought in the form of pills. I was good at it and money came quick and easy .../My experience taught me that refusing to kill is not only a call to people directly involved in the military machine; it is a call for all of us to consider whether we are complicit in people’s death and disability; whether we work for caring or for killing. More

Strike 2003: Baguio City - Women on the Run, forced to earn their families' daily survival by illegally selling fruits and vegetables on the street, had a "No work strike on women's day. 

"From 4 am to 11 pm, women are always on the run: "We do our routine work of fetching water, washing the family's dirty clothes, cooking the family's food for the day, preparing what the children need for school, and other work . . . running from the house to earn a living . . . when the police come, we just carry our goods in the basket on our heads and run . . . later we run to the market to buy more goods and then home to cook, clean and care for our children." 

They are demanding times when they can legally sell their goods.