▁of ▁Sver d lov sk ▁O blast ▁ ▁__ NOT OC __ <0x0A> </s> ▁During ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁Ferdinand ▁Mar cos , ▁Filip ino ▁workers ▁in ▁the ▁labor ▁industry ▁experienced ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁government ▁cor ruption , ▁cron y ▁capital ism , ▁and ▁cheap ▁labor ▁for ▁foreign ▁trans n ational ▁indust ries . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁object ives ▁of ▁Mart ial ▁Law ▁was ▁to ▁cheap en ▁labor ▁costs , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁attract ▁trans n ational ▁corpor ations ▁to ▁export ▁labor ▁to ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁Mar cos ▁signed ▁many ▁president ial ▁decre es ▁benef icial ▁only ▁to ▁his ▁associ ates , ▁while ▁allowing ▁for ▁the ▁forced ▁re location ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁pe op les , ▁decre asing ▁workers ' ▁w ages , ▁and ▁mur ders ▁of ▁labor ▁activ ists . ▁Min imum ▁w age ▁was ▁a ▁fixed ▁Ph p ▁ 8 . 0 0 ▁per ▁day . ▁Many ▁workers ▁were ▁un emp loy ed ▁or ▁under emp loy ed . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁during ▁the ▁Mar cos ▁presiden cy ▁when ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁contract ual ization ▁began , en abling ▁man ag ements ▁to ▁avoid ▁giving ▁regular , ▁permanent ▁status ▁to ▁employees ▁after ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁work . ▁St rik es ▁were ▁b anned ▁and ▁the ▁government ▁controlled ▁trade ▁un ions , ▁leaving ▁workers ▁without ▁effective ▁protection ▁against ▁employ ers ▁who ▁had ▁unf air ▁labor ▁practices ▁and ▁reg ulations . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁with ▁each ▁year ▁under ▁Mart ial ▁Law , ▁economic ▁conditions ▁d eter ior ated ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁large