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Guatemala is megadiverse and also, if you will allow me the expression, ‘mega-unequal'. Its megadiversity is threatened by the effects of climate change, aggravated by predatory exploitation of (...)

Even before COVID-19 struck, countless workers were suffering from economic injustice in numerous ways, such as a very low minimum wage - $7.25 per hour in the U.S. - sweatshop workers in poor ...

Trade unions make a big difference for Guatemalan banana workers According to a new report – What Difference Does a Union Make?: Banana Plantations in the North and South of Guatemala – published by the Center for Global Workers Rights at Penn State University in the US, there are stark differences in pay and working conditions for unionised and non-unionised workers in the Guatemalan banana industry. Guatemala is currently the third largest exporting country of bananas in the world, and by...