29-11-2016 13:18 via theguardian.com

Fyffes melons at centre of labour abuse claims from Honduran workers

Labourers in deprived region complain of poor conditions and say multinational has blocked efforts to form a trade union, allegations denied by FyffesThousands of miles from the supermarkets in the west that they supply with cantaloupes, a community of Honduran melon plantation labourers say they are threatened with dismissal and destitution because they have tried to form a union at their Irish-owned company.The workers – the vast majority of whom are women – are now appealing to US
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