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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 far the largest exporter of bananas to North America, with two exporting areas: one on the southe...