Rice Crisis Makes Wage Hike More Urgent
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
LABOR WATCH
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008
Children begging in the streets at night
Knocking on cars till the morning light
People standing in line for a kilo of rice
Welcome to the Dark Ages, the era of lies…
– The Jerks, “Rage”
For Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement) chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog, the rice crisis presently plaguing the country makes a legislated P125 nationwide, across-the-board wage increase all the more urgent. The rice crisis, he said, worsens workers’ already miserable conditions.
Gloria seeks to end
NFA rice imports
Escudero: It’s like captain abandoning ship
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday said the National Food Authority may leave the business of importing rice to the private sector if prices remain at current high levels.
Greenpeace slams DA for ignoring warnings on US rice shipments
Manila — Greenpeace revealed last week that despite their
repeated warnings, two GMO-contaminated rice varieties have slipped into
the Philippines once again. Greenpeace commissioned tests have detected
the presence of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in two imported US
long grain rice brands, Blue Ribbon Texas Long Grain and Riceland
Arkansas Long Grain that are being sold in S&R Supermarkets in the capital.
