1,000,000 gallons milk thrown on streets in 10 days strike

First77

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Quote from: GG_nick on June 01, 2018, 09:00:03 PM

It's like they're watching their hard work go to waste. Why would they do that? A good way to grab attention but a horrible way to present their case.

Milk and food prices are highest in India since 2014. 1 litre milk = Rs 70 or Rs 80. Farmers are getting greedy.

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I never heard about this story. It certainly made headlines though. Some of you are upset that they wasted the milk. The poor people wouldn't have been able to buy the milk, even if it was being sold. I think it's a good idea for a protest. If you don't milk a cow, it's not good for it. The cows still had to be milked that day, so they had to decided what to do with. They could have just dumped it down the drain, but think think this had a much better effect for their cause. My favorite strike idea that I heard of recently was from South Korea. The bus drivers went on strike. They actually kept driving their buses, they just refused to take payment from passengers. This way regular people didn't suffer, just the bus company (or government?). It's hard to ignore that.

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The waste of nutritional food or beverage in any form is terrible when there are people starving. I don't know what they are looking for exactly but this generally boils down to the farmers getting small percentage of the profits for what they produce when compared to others in the supply chain.

I don't agree with the waste, personally I think it would have been better to provide these items to the impoverished folks in those regions. This would still cut the supply to the top tiers of the society and generate the effect you are looking for; mind you without the wow factor.

Similar protests took place 80 some years ago in North America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Wisconsin_milk_strike

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Quote from: GG_nick on June 01, 2018, 09:00:03 PM

It's like they're watching their hard work go to waste. Why would they do that? A good way to grab attention but a horrible way to present their case.

they are imitating what they have seen from the farmers in the west.

indian society could quickly incorporate them making the farming in india run by huge industrial comapanies this would help limit the popualtion growth in india as the family farms systematically cause growth and ressource scarcity in india.

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It's like they're watching their hard work go to waste. Why would they do that? A good way to grab attention but a horrible way to present their case.

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Quote from: First77 on June 01, 2018, 05:46:59 AM

Farmers throw milk from trucks/milk tankers on the streets for 10 days strike. Some 1,000,000 litres or gallons of milk thrown on the streets. Tonnes of vegetables also thrown on the streets.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news

milk dumping is unacceptable. especially in india. poor indians that have to look at this.

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Quote from: automail on June 01, 2018, 09:46:08 AM

I still don't so the point on why they have to do that. It's wasting food just to make a point while others spends the day without even eating. They're just making things worst because what they were actually doing means that the supply of milk and veggies are so high that they can afford to spill it on the road. I know farmers just want to capture the attention of the government but this is unacceptable considering the fact that they worked hard to get those products.

Food prices in India are the highest since 2014. They are criminal/lazy farmers who want more money for the crops the easy way.

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I still don't so the point on why they have to do that. It's wasting food just to make a point while others spends the day without even eating. They're just making things worst because what they were actually doing means that the supply of milk and veggies are so high that they can afford to spill it on the road. I know farmers just want to capture the attention of the government but this is unacceptable considering the fact that they worked hard to get those products.

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demand better prices for agricultural produce.

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“This so-called farmers’ strike does not enjoy the support of farmers. Only Congress-backed office-bearers of certain organisations are involved in this agitation.

Throwing thousands of dollars in the street of a poor country is the solution for their demand for a better price. How stupid and ridiculous attitude......... and not all of them are involved!

First77

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Farmers throw milk from trucks/milk tankers on the streets for 10 days strike. Some 1,000,000 litres or gallons of milk thrown on the streets. Tonnes of vegetables also thrown on the streets.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news

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