1. Put yourself in Ha’s situation, and analyze the pros and cons of his workers’ proposition.

Employees Fight to Save the Farm

Hamakua Springs Country Farms, located on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, is run by three generations of the Ha family. Richard Ha is president of Hamakua Springs, concentrating on researching and experimenting with new products. Richard’s farming experience goes way back. When he finished college with an accounting degree, his father asked him to come run his 40-acre chicken farm at Waiakea Uka. Richard decided to grow bananas on part of his father’s farm, and he talked grocery stores into saving him banana boxes. He traded chicken manure to other farmers for banana plants.