Hacienda Luisita - what's your take on this

[mazdamazda]

What's your take on this peeps?

- DOLE has already issued a return to work order

- the Union is demanding a P200 daily wage increase, P30,000 signing bonus, and rehiring of around 350 terminated employees

- the company can only afford a P12 daily wage increase, P12,000 signing bonus

- 7 are dead due to an incident yesterday when the police & military broke up the picket line (as the strike was already deemed illegal).

- Hacienda Luisita is loosing P5M a day due to the strike. the whole Central Luzon sugar industry is at stake since only they are the only ones that have the capacity to refine sugar harvests.

[jim]

14 na ang namatay. dalawang bata na-suffocate dahil sa teargas na ginamit ng militar.....

Kawawa yung mga namatayan.....

[boydapa]

ibagsak! ibasak! ang mga elististang nagkukubli sa anyong demokrasya na sa totoo naman ay oligarchiya---hehe

[GlennSter]

this is hard....parehong may tama..parehong may mali.

but for me, wala paring kapalit ang buhay na nawala.

maiiwasan naman eh.

[boydapa]

ganyan talaga si cory at ang mga cojuanco kung di nyo pa sya nakikilala.. ako galit kay erap pero kahit papaano patago tumira eh eto si cory talagang pag nabad trip yan rambo ang ang aabutin mo---nang raratrat nlng bzta pcensyahan nlng to whom it may concern parang yun sa mendiola. kaya tanga lang sumoporta dyan ng edsa at naniniwala sa pinagsasabi nya...

di ako komunista noh---at lalong mas ayaw ko naman sa oligarchy

the filipino is woth dying for
and die you shall....

[theveed]

Workers just dont understand how businesses work in this country... Both sides were at fault, strikers were carrying arms (they confiscated guns and swords) while military fired at civilians.

Nakakamatay ba teargas? Never heard of it.

[mazdamazda]

Originally posted by theveed
Workers just dont understand how businesses work in this country... Both sides were at fault, strikers were carrying arms (they confiscated guns and swords) while military fired at civilians.

Nakakamatay ba teargas? Never heard of it.

yup... hindi nga nila naiisip yung bigger picture... naghihingalo na nga ang sugar industry natin tapos ganun ang demand...

nagulat ako sa P30K na signing bonus! talo pa ang mga nagtratrabaho dito sa ortigas / makati.

tapos P200 na wag hike increase? parang masyado namang imposible yan.

[badkuk]

dunno the details of this mess, so no comment ako dun....

ang tanong ko lang, what were kids doing in the area? alam naman nilang magkakagulo e bitbit pa rin ung mga anak. were they intentionally using kids as insurance para di sila idisperse violently? sana mali ang duda ko B|.

[theveed]

Kaya walang nagiinvest sa bansa na to when it comes to labor intensive jobs... Gusto ng pinoy (pati gov't) swesweldohan silang malaki, pero di tataas yung presyo ng producto ng ginagawa nila... In short, the country is asking investors to....

INVEST IN THE PHIL, BUT YOU MUST OPERATE AT A LOSS.

[mantoy]

ang pagkakaalam ko the current daily wage of the workers there are way below the minimum prescribed by law.