More ex-workers seek payment of unpaid wages
LAOAC DAIRY FARM
LAOAC—Four more former workers of the Laoac Dairy Farm came forward to confirm that they left because they were not paid the salaries due them since 2012.
According to the news release issued by the Save the Pangasinan Movement (SPM), the four, who asked not to be identified for fear of harassment, followed three of their former co-workers who earlier went public with their claim for the payment of unpaid wages by the management of the Pangasinan Dairy Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PDMPC) to settle its financial obligations to them.
PDMPC was reportedly organized by former Rep. Mark Cojuangco to support the operation of the dairy farm.
Like the first batch of former dairy farm workers, the four decried the inaction of the dairy farm management on their demand to be paid their unpaid salaries.
They reportedly claimed “Congressman Cojuangco used to visit the farm regularly but when we informed him about our unpaid salaries, we didn’t see him any more, said one workers assigned to milk nursing cows.”
The four told the SPM they used to receive payment for their services on a weekly basis since 2009. But starting 2010, the dairy farm management began to renege on their contracted salary levels.
The workers reportedly said they were supposed to be paid an average monthly salary of from P6,000 to P10,000 since 2012.
The former workers also reportedly claimed that they were being forced to buy the unsold milk produced in the farm and the unsold meat of butchered cows and costs of which were deductible from their salaries.
According to the SPM’s press release, the four also left the farm after PDMPC repeatedly failed to pay them on promised dates.
They also alleged that the management deducted their personal contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) from their regular pay but when they verified this with SSS, they were told that their contributions were not remitted to the agency.
They said only eight personnel have remained in the farm out of the 75 when the dairy farm started the operations.
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