Unionized workers on #Guatemala banana plantations earn more, work fewer hours, face less sexual harassment and have safer workplaces, according to a new Solidarity Center report. Working conditions are very similar to modern slavery at the two-thirds of Guatemalan banana plantations not unionized, says César Humberto Guerra López, national secretary of labor and conflicts for SITRABI (Union of Banana Workers of Izabal). Some 39 percent of all bananas sold in the United States are produced in Guatemala. Find out more at Solidarity Center.
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