Lidl is one out of nine supermarket giants in the UK. But when it comes to responsibility on banana and pineapple plantations, Lidl has to play fair. The truth about tropical fruits from LIDL Lidl claims all the bananas and pineapples that they sell are sustainably produced. But the reality for farmers and workers […]
Read More →Between 2013 and 2016, Make Fruit Fair! partners Banana link and Fako Agricultural Workers Union of Cameroon (FAWU) worked with General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana (GAWU) and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) to educate workers about their rights and to empower union representatives to […]
Read More →The US Department of Labour (DOL) has published a report in response to a complaint filed under the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) by ILRF (International Labor Rights Forum – an workers’ rights American advocacy group) and Peruvian trade unions about persistent, widespread labour abuses. Under Peru’s Non-Traditional Export Promotion (NTEP) law it is perfectly […]
Read More →All nine members of the executive committee of the SITETSA (Sindicato De Trabajadores Empresa Talsa) union were sacked in February this year by their employers, the agribusiness company TALSA in Peru. Two former union members were also dismissed. TALSA denies the legal existence, not only of the union committee, but also of the FENTRAIR federation […]
Read More →Fyffes has increased its profit margin by exploiting a culture of impunity in Honduras and taking advantage of weak regulation in Costa Rica, says GMB GMB is calling for Fyffes, the Irish multinational fruit company, to improve working conditions for Honduran and Costa Rican plantation and farm workers and to pay them a living wage. […]
Read More →Discount suppermarket Lidl has announced that it is to stock only bananas certified by the NGO Rainforest Alliance, joining Asda that already does so, and Tesco, which could follow suit soon. In addition, the Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose already stock only Fairtrade or organic bananas. However, although the UK may be the biggest market in […]
Read More →The GMB trade union has called for Fyffes to be thrown out of the UK Government’s Ethical Trade Initiative, which promotes labour rights, over reports of abuses by subsidiaries of Fyffes in Costa Rica and Honduras. Banana Link, also an ETI member, has said “We absolutely hear the frustration from unions on the ground. We’re […]
Read More →We have a new range of Make Fruit Fair campaign materials available for you to order for your events. They are all available free of charge in reasonable quantities. Details are available from the Make Fruit Fair! campaign materials page.
Read More →A recently published report by the European Commission (EC) on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain, has failed to propose legislation to tackle problems in the banana supply chain which have been highlighted by the Europe-wide Make Fruit Fair! campaign, in which Banana Link plays a central role. Instead, the EC has […]
Read More →Further to the update in November on our Urgent Action appeal in support of SINTRAPEM union members at Costa Rican pineapple producer ANEXCO, we can report some recent developments, which we hope indicate that a satisfactory resolution to the grievances of union members will be possible. We can report that: 1. The Costa Rican Labour […]
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