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13 Jan 2017

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Fresh Fruit Portal

Labor rights groups plan Fyffes protest over anti-union actions in Central America

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…Three labor rights groups are arranging a protest against fruit multinational Fyffes in the Irish capital Dublin on Monday, calling on the company to reinstate workers that were allegedly fired and blacklisted for joining unions in Costa Rica and Honduras…The groups have also called on Fyffes to compensate those who have been allegedly unfairly dismissed because they became pregnant…A Fyffes spokesperson described the groups’ move as “opportunistic.”…“The Ethical Trading Initiative is currently overseeing a process looking into these matters, so this action is a purely opportunistic move by the unions concerned,” he said…

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