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 Banana Link is a small and dynamic not-for-profit co-operative, founded
in 1996 that campaigns for a fair and sustainable banana and pineapple trade. We work
in close partnership with Latin American and West African banana and pineapple workers trade unions,
small Caribbean farmers and civil society organizations in Europe and
the U.S.
Welcome to our website which gives information on the many social and
environmental issues that affect the international banana and pineapple trade. Please email us if you need further information, to order resources or to send feedback on our site. Visit our Union to Union section to learn more about solidarity between Latin American and British trade unions along the international banana and pineapple supply chain.
The pineapple sector is increasingly becoming an integral part of our work here at Banana Link so please find out more by clicking here .
Photo:Gloria Agor, banana worker at Volta River Estates Ltd, Ghana
Latest News
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GMB protest at Westminster Cathedral |
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18th February 2010, GMB
GMB, in support of banana workers union SITRAP in Costa Rica, is launching a major UK campaign to secure an end to the Pope John XXIII School in the capital San Jose being used to promote the anti-trade union strategies of the employers in Costa Rica’s tropical fruit plantations. This centre was established by the Catholic diocese of San Jose in 1963 and its union busting activities are a relic of the Cold War.
To launch the campaign GMB union activists will stage a demonstration:
11am Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Cathedral Piazza, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, London SW1P 1QW
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Black Sigatoka found in St Lucia |
9th February 2010, Reefertrends and Banana Link
Agriculture officials have confirmed that the banana industry has lost the battle to prevent the arrival and spread of the fungal disease.
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Taking the World Banana Forum forwards |
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2nd February 2010, Banana Link
On 8th December 2009 at the FAO headquarters in Rome, the World Banana Forum was launched, creating a permanent space of assembly for participants representing the global banana supply-chain. All 150 participants agreed to set the mission of ‘Working Together for Sustainable Banana Production and Trade’. As such, the aim of the Forum is to promote open dialogue and inspire collaboration between stakeholders in order to produce pragmatic outcomes for the improvement of the banana industry and to achieve an industry-wide consensus on best practices regarding workplace issues, gender equity, environmental impact, sustainable production and economic issues.
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185 plantation workers sacked for joining a trade union
14th January 2010, SINTRAINAGRO, Ciénaga, Magdalena
Government to set up supermarket ombudsman
14th January, Tescopoly
The Philippines: Mindanao farmers kick off protests
12th January, Banana Link
Producers in El Oro province sell more than 42 thousand bunches of bananas to the Government
7th January 2010, El Comercio, Ecuador
EU, Latin Americans call truce in long-running banana war
16th Dec, Bridges Weekly Trade News
Historic agreement reached over EU import tariffs
15th December, Banana Link
Please visit the News Archive to read these and other archived News stories
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