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13th June 2025 Peruvian farm workers’ and farmers’ organisations reject agribusiness friendly tax reforms

12th June 2025 Panama banana workers’ union government talks bring agreement to end Chiquita strike  

6th June 2025 Blog: A just transition in agriculture: putting workers at the centre

6th June 2025 Plantation workers among those whose rights have collapsed across the world

27th May 2025 Panama strike latest: Chiquita announces mass sackings of striking workers

20th May 2025 Panama banana workers to continue strike at Chiquita despite threats

16th May 2025 ILO programme provides impetus to work towards Living Wages for plantation workers

15th May 2025 Fifteen workers poisoned on Costa Rica pineapple farm

1st May 2025 Costa Rica closes in on ratification of ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment as we mark May Day

2nd April 2025 New centre to strengthen workers’ rights through human rights due diligence laws

20th March 2025 Report highlights Banana Link’s work promoting Living Wages for plantation workers in Côte d’Ivoire

13th March 2025 Latin American and Caribbean export banana production to collapse by 2080 due to climate change

28th February 2025 Report finds shortcomings in wages, contractual conditions and freedom of association among banana plantation workers in El Oro, Ecuador

25th February 2025 Comment les grands distributeurs français piétinent le revenu des travailleurs du secteur de la banane

25th February 2025 How major French retailers are undermining banana workers’ incomes

24th February 2025 Why the U.S. is ‘on the brink of a fair-trade breakthrough’

17th January 2025 Producers dial up pressure on retailers over banana prices

11th December 2024 Migrant regularisation urgently needed to stabilise Dominican banana industry and protect workers, joint letter states

14th November 2024 Blog : Repenser les chaînes de valeur des fruits tropicaux

7th November 2024 Blog: Repensar las cadenas de valor de las frutas tropicales

7th November 2024 Blog: Rethinking Tropical Fruit Value Chains

16th October 2024 Côte d’Ivoire : Roadmap to Negotiate Living Wages Approved

8th October 2024 Collective Lands in the Philippines targeted by World Bank ‘SPLIT’ programme: small farmers seek solidarity from the global community

12th September 2024 Guest Blog: UPCYCLED CERTIFICATION: TOWARDS TOTAL FOOD UTILIZATION

6th September 2024 Guest Blog: Trade union repression in the Costa Rican bananera

1st August 2024 Dominican banana workers union launches at national level as industry grapples with labour instability, climate change and low export volumes

2nd July 2024 Colombia’s trade unionism at its best: a history of SINTRAINAGRO

27th June 2024 Momentum for agroecology: global Coalition launches new strategy

24th June 2024 Izabal Workers Union hails spirit of collaboration and goodwill in dialogue with Frutera del Pacifico

21st June 2024 Dominican Republic: Union collaborates with businesses, NGOs and churches to reach workers in national affiliation drive

17th June 2024 Company recognises new workers’ union in Guatemala’s Pacific South

24th May 2024 Fairtrade Foundation initiative aims to tackle human rights and environmental challenges through joint-retailer approach

7th May 2024 Costa Rican Agricultural Plantation Workers’ Union SITRAP : A Model of community trade unionism

2nd May 2024 Banana Export TV interviews Banana Link’s Alistair Smith

2nd April 2024 Blog: “Suck it up buttercup!”: Bananas have been too cheap for decades

20th March 2024 Blog: A WEEK OF WELL ALIGNED STARS: IN ROME, GENEVA, & BRUSSELS

8th March 2024 International Women’s Day marked by empowerment training for banana plantation workers in Latin America

7th March 2024 Côte d’Ivoire : joint strategy to negotiate living wages agreed by producers and trade unions

29th February 2024 Living Wages: LIDL Germany and Sainsbury’s sidestep joint retailer approach

13th February 2024 The Expansion of Monocrop Banana Plantations Threaten Diverse Wetland Ecosystems in Las Garzas, Ecuador

9th February 2024 European Retailers Recognise Union Role in Wage Improvement

30th January 2024 Blog: Supermarkets are assessing human rights abuses in their supply chains – Here’s what they need to do better

12th January 2024 EU approves Corporate Supply Chain Due Diligence legislation : years of work advocating for binding regulation bear fruit

30th November 2023 Oxfam Germany files complaint under new supply chain law

13th November 2023 Tariff reduction for Mexico and Peru sparks concern among ACP Nations

19th October 2023 Ecuador: Son of banana magnate wins presidential election on a promise of security, amid national crisis that has hit small producers hard

12th October 2023 Guatemalan Trade Unionist Doris Aldana Assassinated

14th September 2023 Blog: Advancing living wages: Impossible without collective bargaining

13th September 2023 Immigration raids jeopardising Dominican banana industry as Haitian workers removed from plantations

31st August 2023 British trade union solidarity for Costa Rican banana and pineapple workers 

11th August 2023 Poisoned again: School children hospitalised after pesticide application on Costa Rica pineapple plantation

20th July 2023 Colombia Again Raises the Standard for Good Labour Relations

14th July 2023 A cautionary tale: how the conditions that lead to the Irish potato famine are putting the world’s favourite fruit at risk

13th July 2023 Moving forward the agenda for transformation: Banana Link’s Review of 2021 – 2022

6th July 2023 Workers’ Rights Increasingly Under Threat according to ITUC Global Rights Index

23rd June 2023 New ILO Guidelines for Decent Work in the Agri-food Sector Launched

20th June 2023 Third-party contractors using false documentation to hire migrant workers on Costa Rican banana and pineapple plantations, workers allege

22nd May 2023 Retailers Commit to Ensuring Living Wages for all Banana Workers

27th April 2023 Worker- led Living Wage Verification Success in ALDI Pilot

3rd March 2023 Banana Link Welcomes UK Retailer Commitment

22nd November 2022 Plantation Workers’ Leaders and Small Agroecological Farmers’ Organisations Agree Strategic Plans for Achieving a Fair, Safe and Biodiverse Banana Trade

8th November 2022 Les travailleuses des bananes affirment leur autonomie

23rd August 2022 Blog: ALDI sends a strong signal with a bold banana purchasing reform

16th May 2022 Blog: 20 years ago, Ecuador achieved their first unions in the banana sector. They were met with violent suppression

16th May 2022 Blog: Hace 20 años que en Ecuador se formaron los primeros sindicatos del sector bananero. Sus protestas fueron silenciadas con violencia

29th March 2022 Defensora colombiana de los derechos de las mujeres Adela Torres, elegida coordinadora de COLSIBA

14th March 2022 Ukraine conflict threatens thousands of banana jobs in Ecuador

8th March 2022 El Proyecto de Formación en Liderazgo y Empoderamiento de las Mujeres en la República Dominicana

28th February 2022 Blog: Gender Equity in Supply Chains – Education

22nd February 2022 Colombian women’s rights advocate Adela Torres elected as Coordinator of COLSIBA

7th February 2022 Blog: Gender equity across supply chains – Representation

3rd February 2022 International Union of Foodworkers signs ground-breaking agreement with Tesco

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