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SECTION 11. Commercial Farming. Commercial farms, which SECTION 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and
are private agricultural lands devoted to commercial livestock, poultry and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and
swine raising, and aquaculture including saltbeds, fishponds and prawn equality of employment opportunities for all.
ponds, fruit farms, orchards, vegetable and cut-flower farms, and cacao, It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective
coffee and rubber plantations, shall be subject to immediate compulsory bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the
acquisition and distribution after (10) years from the effectivity of the Act. In right to strike in accordance with law. They shall be entitled to security of
the case of new farms, the ten-year period shall begin from tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage. They shall also
participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and
benefits as may be provided by law.
The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between
workers and employers and the preferential use of voluntary modes in
settling disputes, including conciliation, and shall enforce their mutual
compliance therewith to foster industrial peace.
The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers,
recognizing the right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and
the right of enterprises to reasonable returns on investments, and to
expansion and growth.
SECTION 5. The State shall recognize the right of farmers, farmworkers, and
landowners, as well as cooperatives, and other independent farmers
organizations to participate in the planning, organization, and management of
the program, and shall provide support to agriculture through appropriate
technology and research, and adequate financial, production, marketing, and
other support services.
On June 10, 1988, a new agrarian law, Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657,
also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988,
took effect. It included in its coverage farms used for raising livestock, poultry
and swine.