Finish strike at Chiquita in Panama – Damage of $ 75 million in banana colossus

A subsidiary at Panama of the American colossus of the banana industry Chiquita Brands have lifted the exclusions of road axes and ending their strike -wide mobilization – with the company’s management of the company announced thousands of redundancies. Since April 28, Chiquita employees in the Central American state had blocked roads in Boca Del Toro province, wet by the Caribbean Sea, on the border with Costa Rica, in protest of the reform of the social security system. These exclusions caused serious problems in the tourism sector and shortages of goods and fuels, and also led to the temporary suspension of schools. The mobilization of workers is estimated to have caused a loss of $ 75 million to the US banana colossus, with the company’s management reacting announcing the redundancies of its more than 6,500 employees in the province. Right President, Jose Raul Moulino, but promised to promote a draft law […]
Source: News Beast

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