Ethical shopping guide to Bananas
The Ethical Consumer have produced a shopping guide to bananas which includes: ethical and environmental ratings for 17 banana brandsan investigation into low wages in the banana industrythe role of...
View ArticleUnions here can help banana workers everywhere secure safe work
Article published in Hazards Magazine documenting the environmental hazards and the violations of workers' rights on banana plantations in Cameroon. Hazards is an independent magazine providing...
View ArticleBehind the label: how fair are organic and Fairtrade bananas?
Special report published in 'The Ecologist' on the plight of slum-dwelling Haitian migrant workers in the midst of the Dominican Republic's organic and Fairtrade boom. Click here to view article.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Standards
An investigation into the promotion and use of pesticides in the banana industry produced by 'People and Power'. Video of xKgf4vn1_H8
View ArticleLow wages and union violence tarnish Guatemala’s banana trade
A very informative report published in May 2014 on the 'Fresh Fruit Portal' website. Click here to view article.
View Article“Latin Americanizing” the banana industry
By Banana Link international coordinator Alistair SmithTaking the world’s most famous banana brand into private Brazilian ownership is an historical step in a genuinely globalized industry that has...
View ArticleMashed Bananas
Mashed Bananas; an informative article by freelance journalist Clive Simpson on the consequences of supermarkets selling UK bananas as loss leaders.Published on the The Lighthouse Keeper blog, by Clive...
View ArticleBadly paid work will not save Guatemalans from poverty
An article written by Banana Link's International Coordinator, Alistair Smith, on the Guatemalan governments proposal to impose differentiated minimum wage levels.Published in March 2015 on the Equal...
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