Bonita Banana

Few days ago, I watched a short documentary film on the community channel about Bonita Ugly Bananas which tells the story of workers on an Ecuadorian banana plantation through the eyes of Scottish artist, Jan Nimmo. http://www.communitychannel.org/index.php?option=com_rnvideoarchive&task=view&vidclip=438&Itemid=139 Noboa, the largest banana exporter in Ecuador, is the fourth largest banana company in the world, following the three US-based giants, Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte. Noboa markets its bananas under the Bonita label. The owner of the Noboa Company is Alvaro Noboa, who ran for President of Ecuador in the October 2002 and 2006 elections and came in second both times. Noboa's banana operations are completely non-union!! The company has vigorously, and sometimes violently (eg in 2002), opposed workers organizing to form unions and gain better wages. Banana workers in Ecuador have called for a boycott of Bonita bananas. A struggle of banana workers organizing on Noboa plantations in Ecuador in 2002 also led to an international campaign to pressure Ecuador to reform labor law to remove obstacles that block workers from organizing, as documented by Human Rights Watch. In 2005, Bonita intervened with an independent supplier to secure a satisfactory resolution in a labor struggle, marking a sharp reversal from the company's earlier behavior. However, the company subsequently refused to intervene with suppliers to ensure respect for core worker rights. How do organophosphates work? http://intensivecare.hsnet.nsw.gov.au/five/htm/organophosphate.php Banana Link http://www.bananalink.org.uk