Bananas Unpeeled Part I
The film Bananas Unpeeled, introduced by comedian Mark Thomas, investigates the social and environmental issues facing banana plantation workers and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean.In Latin...
View ArticleBananas Unpeeled Part II
The film Bananas Unpeeled, introduced by comedian Mark Thomas, investigates the social and environmental issues facing banana plantation workers and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean.In Latin...
View ArticleFilm of trade union activist UK tour
In March 2011, Banana Link in the UK and Peuples Solidaires in France hosted a tour by Ligia Lamich, Women's Officer of Costa Rican trade union SITAGAH. Highlights from her visit are captured on this...
View ArticlePura Vida (Pure Life)
Imaginamos Costa Rica como un paraíso tropical...pero "Pura Vida" expone el impacto social y ambiental de los agroquímos toxicos que se emplean para cultivar bananos y piñas para exportación a...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Standards
An investigation into the promotion and use of pesticides in the banana industryOn September 18th 2008, a lawsuit was filed in the United States on behalf of aerofumigation pilots, ground crew,...
View ArticleJustice for Women - an interview with Latin American trade union leader Iris...
In this interview, trade union activist Iris Munguia describes how lack of respect for workers' labour rights is widespread in Latin America, especially where there are no unions. Abuses include long...
View ArticleCameroon 2011
A series of videos filmed in Cameroon by Banana Link in 2011 documenting conditions of workers at banana plantations. Click here to find out more about Banana Link's work in Cameroon and to find out...
View ArticleEnvironmental impacts of pineapple production in Costa Rica
These two interviews were filmed in the rural community of Milano in Costa Rica in 2011. Xinia Briceño (Environmental Activism) describes a ten-year struggle to prevent pineapple production expanding...
View ArticleBloody Labour
In this interview, Noè Ramírez of banana workers’ union SITRABI speaks about the violation of labour rights in Guatemala and the murder of trade union activists. Noè’s brother, Marco Tulio Ramírez,...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Standards
An investigation into the promotion and use of pesticides in the banana industry produced by 'People and Power'.
View ArticleHard Labour
Working conditions on plantations are extremely tough....workers tell their stories about the impacts on their health, income and rights.
View ArticlePlantation visit at the newly Fair Trade certified banana plantation Golden...
In August 2012 Banana Link visited the newly Fair Trade certified banana plantation Golden Exotics Ltd. (GEL) in the Volta Region in Ghana.Watch a slideshow to see pictures of our visit.
View ArticleWorking conditions in Cameroon
In August 2012 Banana Link visited the South West Province of Cameroon to conduct research into the gap between wage levels and actual living costs. Whilst there researchers documented conditions for...
View ArticleTestimony SITAG-Peru June 2013 - Fatima Herrera Olea
Testimony from Fatima Herrera Olea, labour rights and solidarity officer with SITAG-Peru. To learn more about SITAG-Peru and how you can support them, please visit our SITAG Peru page.
View ArticleBanana workers rights criticised in Guatemala
Guatemala is one of the world's top exporters of bananas. The banana industry provides employment for tens of thousands of workers, but labour rights groups say their working conditions are among the...
View ArticleView from the Caribbean
A video interview with the Coordinator of the Association of Caribbean Small Farmers (WINFA), Windward Islands, about how consumers can improve the conditions of production of tropical fruits.[Oxfam...
View ArticleStop supermarkets dumping waste produce on farmers
Farmers growing food for Europe in places like Kenya and Guatemala are regularly forced to waste up to 50% of their produce as a result of unnecessarily strict cosmetic specifications dictated by...
View ArticleGuatemala - trade unions in the firing line
Noé Ramirez Portela, General Secretary of the Izabal Banana Workers’ Union of Guatemala (SITRABI) spoke at the recent Latin America 2015 Conference in London about the challenges and dangers of...
View ArticleEmpowering workers and unions in Africa
Between 2013 and 2016, Banana Link worked with General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana (GAWU), the Fako Agricultural Workers Union (FAWU) in Cameroon and the the International Union of Food,...
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