Chiquita lays off remaining day workers in Panama
Banana giant Chiquita will lay off a remaining 1,189 day workers in Panama, its unit in the Central American country said on Thursday, after it received authorization from the government and following mass layoffs over a strike at its banana farms.
PANAMA CITY, July 17 (Reuters) - Banana giant Chiquita will lay off a remaining 1,189 day workers in Panama, its unit in the Central American country said on Thursday, after it received authorization from the government and following mass layoffs over a strike at its banana farms.
The layoffs are effective Friday, it said.
Chiquita Panama had fired 5,000 workers in late May as Panamanians across the country protested against several issues including a social security reform they said would affect their future pensions. Its management left Panama by early June.