The Guardian
Colombian banana workers strike over pay
May 08 -- Colombian banana farm workers in the country's key growing region went on strike over pay and benefits on Friday, threatening hundreds of thousands of boxes exported a day, union leaders and producers said.
8 de mayo de 2009
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Around 17,000 banana plantation workers joined the strike in the world's No. 3 exporter of the fruit and the protest has paralyzed around 234,000 18-kg boxes a day of exports, said Guillermo Rivera, president of the Sintrainagro farm union.
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