| RMP LCW’s in Bukidnon are now organizing sugar migrant workers or Sacada. Bukidnon sugarlands are expanding amid the crisis in the sugar industry. Small landowners have opted to rent out their lands to sugar planters while migration of “sacadas” from Negros seems to be growing in terms of number. At present, the RMP Bukidnon estimates that 55,732 hectares are devoted to sugarlands, increasing in mono-cropping. Hardwon gains are visibly achieved by the farmers. Among these is the increase of migrant workers wage from 80 pesos to 125 pesos per ton. Most sacadas now have asserted themselves by not signing padded payrolls prepared by sugar planters to claim amelioration funds from the government which they do not give to the workers. |
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