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ONLINE CAMPAIGNS WORK: CHIQUITA BACKS DOWN
On 18 May we wrote to tell you about Chiquita sacking union members in Costa Rica who had complained about being sprayed by pesticides while harvesting bananas. You responded with 3,437 messages to the company. And as a result, many of you received an email in the last few days from Chiquita's Senior Vice President, Manuel Rodriguez, replying to the issues we raised. As Rodriguez pointed out in his email, the company has been discussing this with the IUF (the global union federation responsible for agricultural workers) and has agreed to work toward re-hiring the workers and resolving the issues raised by the union. Pressure from the IUF, other food workers unions around the world, and thousands of individuals like you have had an effect, and workers' lives are being saved as a result.
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