Thousands of Tadeco workers fear losing jobs

SOME 10,000 workers of the Tagum Agricultural Development Co. (Tadeco) fear losing their jobs amid questions on the legality of the land deal it entered into with the government for the use of the more than 5,000 hectares of land in the Davao Penal Colony.

The plantation workers, through the Associated of Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP), on Sunday sought the intervention of President Rodrigo Duterte to save their jobs following reports that the Department of Justice has found the joint venture agreement between Tadeco and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) disadvantageous to the government.