Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.
“Unfortunately, following the unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operations centers since April 28 and continuing today, (the company) has proceeded with the termination of all of our daily workers,” the company said in a statement. It said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million.
Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other as teachers, construction workers and other unions expressed their rejection to changes the government said were necessary to keep the social security system solvent.
All I could see after reading the article…
bananas are 50¢/Lb at my local Walmart, that can only be sustainable with slavery wages
Proper headline “Workers Uniting For Fair Wages Attacked By Corrupt Corporations and Politicians”
Whoa, that was close. I almost supported this strike until the President said it’s illegal /s
Their linkedIn claims they emplyor 20,000 across the globe. They are basically claiming they fired 1/4 of their entire workforce.
They probably don’t list the slaves as workers.
