Our Work in Colombia

SINTRAINAGRO
Banana Link Partner

SINTRAINAGRO, Colombia’s agricutural workers’ union, is the largest in Latin America, representing around 20,000 banana workers in 266 medium- and large-scale banana plantations, as well as workers in other agricultural industries.

For over 25 years, SINTRAINAGRO has negotiated wages and other social benefits through a national collective bargaining agreement with the main employers’ organisation in the Colombian banana industry, Augura. Against the grain, in a country where trade union rights are still violently repressed, the union has built a system of mature industrial relations which means that workers in the Urabá region have some of the best wages and social conditions in the international banana industry thanks to sector-wide collective bargaining. The latest agreement runs for four years from 2023 to 2027 and includes commitments from the companies involved to hire more women workers.

Colombia is also an important source of Fairtrade certified bananas, especially for the British supermarkets.