The boldest economic statement made by Mr. Duterte, bar none, is his push for a manufacturing resurgence. Those with political awareness were reminded of the days of unionized factory workers spread across Metro Manila areas and they made up the de facto middle class. Those were real manufacturing workers and real factories. In those years, we had the basic industries that formed the real core of a viable manufacturing sector: steel, rubber, textile and chemicals. It has more health (nurses, caregivers, etc ) workers than steel workers.

Source: Manila Times October 11, 2016 16:51 UTC