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3. I read earlier that the banana farm workers in Panama have been in a dispute with Chiquita about pay

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 08:19 PM

Jun 2025

And working conditions and the company shut down the whole working staff and sent the workers home. This happened a couple of days ago and now Panama has declared a state of emergency after some 5000 people were let go. This dispute has been going on for almost a month..before the threat of tariffs

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June 2, 2025