Friday 7 October Labour Ministry and Ghana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) Rather than visiting plantations, today we had meetings in Accra: Chief Labour Officer On World Decent Work Day, our meeting with Chief Labour Officer, Eugene Korletey, gave us an opportunity to hear from the Government of Ghana how they seek to ensure workers have […]
Read More →Banana Link, as members of the Europe-wide Make Fruit Fair! Campaign, have published a report evaluating Rainforest Alliance (RA) certification in the light of recent moves by discount supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl to source tropical fruit from RA certified suppliers. The report – Rainforest Alliance and the Discount Supermarkets: Low Prices and Easy Standards? – […]
Read More →Costa Rica’s high court has once again denied the right of local governments to declare a moratorium on pineapple production within their jurisdictions, this time in the northern border municipality of Los Chiles. Decrying contaminated water and exploitation of migrant labor, a coalition of environmental groups and politicians recently came together to successfully lobby the […]
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