Remember the old adage "When you pay bananas - you get monkeys"...
Here in out country, no matter how many times the minimum wage is raised up, the cost of living is always growing at a rate much faster than any wage adjustment can be made.
The above diagram is a bit exaggerated, well it is made so in order to express a point more intensely.
This reflection on the distribution of wealth flashed into my mind right after reading the news about the LPG tragedy in Dasmarinas, Cavite.
If and only if, the wealthy cartel controllers would reinvent themselves... and start to think bottom up... they will be hiring the best and most disciplined drivers and staff to handle and deliver their goods. What is paying your driver P35,000 a month just to do the job with utmost safety?
The hard truth is, no LPG barron will pay that much amount to their delivery team because they are indispensible... moreover, raising their salaries is looked upon as expense - not as an investment for improved service and security through labor security and loyalty.
Another point to think about... What would happen if you accidently collide into an LPG equiped Taxi?... What would happen if an LPG-equiped Taxi hits your house?...
Even if the LPG companies shuts down... it is still not enough payment for the lives they have indirectly taken away due to their indirect negligence and deliberate commission by omission.
Will it hurt their income or profit if they pay just a little bit more to improve the dignity of labor of their workers in the frontline?.
Go figure!
Here in out country, no matter how many times the minimum wage is raised up, the cost of living is always growing at a rate much faster than any wage adjustment can be made.
The above diagram is a bit exaggerated, well it is made so in order to express a point more intensely.
This reflection on the distribution of wealth flashed into my mind right after reading the news about the LPG tragedy in Dasmarinas, Cavite.
If and only if, the wealthy cartel controllers would reinvent themselves... and start to think bottom up... they will be hiring the best and most disciplined drivers and staff to handle and deliver their goods. What is paying your driver P35,000 a month just to do the job with utmost safety?
Another point to think about... What would happen if you accidently collide into an LPG equiped Taxi?... What would happen if an LPG-equiped Taxi hits your house?...
Even if the LPG companies shuts down... it is still not enough payment for the lives they have indirectly taken away due to their indirect negligence and deliberate commission by omission.
Will it hurt their income or profit if they pay just a little bit more to improve the dignity of labor of their workers in the frontline?.
Go figure!
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