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

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 ...

Chiquita has confirmed the banana giant has laid off its workers in Panama and suspended operations there due to strike ...

Panama declares a state of emergency in Bocas del Toro after Chiquita Brands fires 5,000 workers over a month-long strike ...

The Panamanian government declares a state of emergency after around 5,000 workers are laid off by US banana giant Chiquita.

State of emergency declared in Panama over labour strikes as Indian delegation onsite for Operation Sindoor outreach ...

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

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

Chiquita Panama fires thousands of seasonal banana workers after a court deems the month-long strike illegal; company cites ...

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

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

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 ...