What We Have Done to Support Banana Workers

 What We Have Done, with Support

• campaigned for a path-breaking 2001 agreement between Chiquita and its unions
• won (some) justice for Del Monte banana workers who were violently attacked in Guatemala
• won compensation for and rehiring of Dole and Bonita workers in Ecuador
• organized organizational sign-on letters to Dole and Chiquita
• testified before the U.S. Trade Representative on Del Monte abuses
• met with Ecuadorian banana magnate Alvaro Noboa after he brought in thugs to attack his own workers,
• organized fact-finding delegations to Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Colombia
• led U.S. participation and co-sponsorship of a 2005 International Banana Conference
• secured financing for strategic planning workshops for banana workers
• co-sponsored production of a special report on labor violations in Dole operations around the world

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