President José Raúl Mulino announced this Thursday May 29 that the amendment to Law 45 which regulates social security for ...

Chiquita said it "regrettably has suspended operations in that country, and subsequently let go our current employees there".

The decision came after the “unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operational centers since April 28, which ...

The global banana company Chiquita has sacked thousands of Panamanian plantation workers after they went on strike to protest a new law curtailing their pension rights. After workers began blockading ...

The Panamanian government declares a state of emergency after mass layoffs.

Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system ...

President Jose Raul Mulino, whose changes to social security laws prompted the protest, called the strike ‘illegal’.

Chiquita Panama said the strike has cost it 'at least $75 million' in losses and caused 'irreversible damage' due to the ...

The Panamanian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in one province after US banana giant Chiquita Brands laid ...

Banana producer Chiquita on Thursday announced it would lay off thousands of workers in Panama, following what it called ...

Chiquita Panama said on Thursday it will fire daily workers in the western province of Bocas del Toro after what it called an "unjustified abandonment of work" at its banana farms that began late ...