BrainWorms

1594 readers

3 users here now

Hey, welcome to BrainWorms.

This is a place where I post interesting things that I find and cant categorize into one of the main subs I follow. Enjoy a front seat as i descend into madness

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

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

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Fuck Chiquita (and Nestle while we're at it)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

100,% taxes on any active or passive income above $5 mn annually would fix most things for most states.

[–] riskable 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's bananas!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

B A N A N A S