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Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers in Panama, says it suffered $75 million losses (apnews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/38551804

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.

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[-] JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 2 months ago

I keep thinking that strikes being illegal is way too close to slavery for my liking.

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 months ago

Striking has always been the compromise. The owner class has forgotten.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

I'm hyped for the wave of reminders

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Illegal strikes, lol.

What a ridiculous concept.

[-] Xtallll 25 points 2 months ago

Do you want your banana plantation to burn to the ground? Because this is how you get your plantation burned to ashes.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fight mass firings with mass fires

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

So what are the reforms sought that the government is trying for force onto workers in lockstep with major declining states? Can I guess longer working years, reduced benefits...?

[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

The right to work should be a basic human right.

[-] genevieve 13 points 2 months ago

Don’t use that anti-union dog whistle.

[-] TwiddleTwaddle 9 points 2 months ago

How about the right to a decent wage and safe working conditions? Because "right to work" without those things is just forced labor (slavery).

[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

You are absolutely right. My comment was more about preventing corporations from being able to fire workers arbitrarily when it becomes inconvenient for them.

In 2020, 23 million Americans were laid off with no warning and no option to find work when the pandemic hit. A person should be protected from that happening to them ever again in addition to the right to a livable wage and safe work conditions (i.e. the right to work).

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/jobtracker/

[-] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

How do those bootheels taste?

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

$75 million losses

Are they really losses when everyone knows they're just going to raise prices to recoup them?

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Might be the excuse Krasnov is looking for to take back the Canal Zone.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Boycoytt Chiquita.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

Has the price of bananas gone up in US & Canada?

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