Concerning violations of trade union rights on Cahuita and Tortuguero plantations.

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As a result of Banana Link's recent urgent action campaign (which has also been supported by LabourStart) the company concerned has finally been brought to the table after months of obstinate refusal and legal threats against the union (and Banana Link).

The company has agreed to reinstate the sacked trade union activist with full back pay, to give the union unimpeded access to plantations where it has members, to "instruct its staff and supervisers not to undertake actions which could be regarded as an infringement of the trade union's freedom to operate in the company's plantations." Please click here to read a full report of the result of the Labour Inspection hearing.

The Costa Rican unions SITRAP and SITAGAH would like to convey their sincere thanks and appreciation of real international solidarity to all those who took part.

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Urgent Action Request circulated in February:

Only 7% of the 43,000 workers employed in the Costa Rican banana industry belong to an independent trade union. The industry has a deeply rooted anti-union culture and members of Banana Link's partner unions, SITRAP and SITAGAH, experience daily repression.

Please download and respond to this urgent action request to end the violation of trade union rights in the Cahuita and Tortuguero plantations, which supply Chiquita's Costa Rican subsidiary, and are marketed under the Chiquita brand.