“The compromise agreement stipulates that parties should not take retaliatory actions against parties, but Sumifru did this to us.”
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Workers slam Sumifru’s ‘union busting’ scheme
“The illegal lockout and dismissal affecting packing plant 90 workers this month is clearly an act of retaliation by Sumifru and a violation of the April 22 settlement.”
Furor Over JPEPA: Will Davao’s Banana Workers Benefit From It?
A controversial bilateral trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan promises enormous economic opportunities for Filipinos, among them agricultural producers such as the banana workers and growers in the Davao regions. That, at least, is the Arroyo administration’s line. What they’re not telling the public is that, apart from the environmental hazards it poses, the…