Chiquita’s largest U.S. port operation to stay in Wilmington under renewed deal
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Panama City. The workers of the Panama subsidiary of the US banana company Chiquita Brands began negotiations this Tuesday with Panamanian legislators in order to end more than a month of trade union conflict, which already leaves thousands of layoffs and millionaire losses.The employees of Chiquita, located in the Caribbean province of Bocas del Toro, bordering Costa Rica, declared on strike on April 28 and since then they have blocked roads in…


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Chiquita’s largest U.S. port operation to stay in Wilmington under renewed deal
Chiquita Brands has renewed its long-standing partnership with the Port of Wilmington. (Photo by Mike Mozart) WILMINGTON- Chiquita Brands has renewed its long-standing partnership with the Port of Wilmington, as announced jointly by Chiquita, port operator Enstructure LLC, and Delaware Governor Matt Meyer. The renewed agreement continues a relationship that began in 1988, when Chiquita selected the Port of Wilmington as its Mid-Atlantic supply c…
Chiquita currently makes a weekly stop at the port terminal, where it regularly unloads bananas and pineapples, among other fruits, supplying more than 200 million consumers in the U.S. and Canada. See more
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