Ben D. Kritz
What is the opposite of irony? How about this: Just two days after the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its annual Global Rights Index report—which placed the Philippines among the worst countries in the world in terms of protection of workers’ rights—a fire in an unlicensed warehouse in Pasay City tragically claimed the lives of eight young women employees, who died because they were locked in the building for the night.