"Japanese banana firm concedes to workers, revokes piece-rate scheme", 23 Apr 2015

Another multinational banana company in the region succumbed to workers’ protest revoking its implementation of the piece rate scheme which was criticized for cutting workers’ wage by more than half...[T]wo weeks after its workers and banana growers protested the payment scheme, Sumifru (Philippines)...an affiliate of the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation, signed a Compromise Agreement with the workers’ union of packing plants in Compostela Valley Province...putting a stop to the piece rate pay scheme in favor of its previous hourly rate payment to workers...Kilusang Mayo Uno in Mindanao...hope[s] other workers of the banana industry in other regions in Mindanao will organize themselves into unions “and to struggle relentlessly for fair treatment and just working conditions.”