{"id":250719,"date":"2025-06-07T06:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/chiquita-fires-thousands-of-striking-banana-workers-and-shuts-down-operations-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T06:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:04:50","slug":"chiquita-fires-thousands-of-striking-banana-workers-and-shuts-down-operations-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/chiquita-fires-thousands-of-striking-banana-workers-and-shuts-down-operations-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers and shuts down operations | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/M7-CWVAmu6k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers and shuts down operations | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7-CWVAmu6k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bananas are one of Panama&#8217;s five most important exports \u2014 and it is precisely in this sector that disputes and redundancies are now occurring. The Panamanian subsidiary of the American banana company Chiquita has announced its intention to make all of its remaining employees in the Central American country redundant.<br \/>\nDuring protests against pension reforms in May, Chiquita laid off thousands of harvest workers in Panama. A court ruled the strike illegal. With work still at a standstill, the US banana giant now intends to lay off its remaining workers.<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bananas are one of Panama&#8217;s five most important exports \u2014 and it is precisely in this sector that disputes and redundancies are now occurring. 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