Hurricane Mitch - banana corporations Chiquita and Dole lay off workers

andrew
Sat, 06 Feb 1999 15:50:15 +0000
Food, Sweat shops, Workplace, International, Newspaper, News, Chekov Feeney

"We're screwed by the government, then we get blind sided by the hurricane, then the company lays us off"

LAST NOVEMBER Central America was hit by a devastating hurricane. The floods that followed were to claim thousands of lives as well as destroying huge amounts of agricultural crops, housing and communications infrastructure.