Hacienda Luisita Deal ‘a Travesty of Social Justice’

Hacienda Luisita Deal ‘a Travesty of Social Justice’

Jobert Pahilga, lawyer of the farm workers’ group Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Hacienda Luisita (Ambala), enumerates some of the provisions of the compromise agreement that are inimical to the interest of the farm workers.

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com

MANILA — The compromise agreement between the Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) management and farm workers is a “travesty of social justice” that will only make the lives of the farm workers more miserable, the lawyer of the farmers’ union has said.

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