Banana Worker Justice

Workers at two Dole plantations are celebrating today after signing contracts on the Splendor and La Fragancia plantations last week.

When a small union formed at the Bochica Farms plantation in La Ceja, Antioquia in January of 2007, workers immediately began to receive death threats.

Getting permission to use the restroom at the La Fragancia flower plantation in Colombia “is like winning the lottery,” according to Dora Acero, the Secretary of Education for the union at the

New obstacles have sprung up for workers at Dole ’s Fragancia flower plantation, where workers have been fighting for a contract for two years.

"People of faith in the US are increasingly convinced that our companies should be expected to uphold moral standards with workers in operations abroad," according to

The growing campaign against Dole Fresh Flowers is moving into a new stage as the Untrafragancia union at Dole’s Fragancia flower plantation lays the groundwork for negotiations with the company thi

Flower workers in Colombia are preparing for a major push against Dole Fresh Flowers over the next few months.

The sole U.S. distributor of flowers from a Colombian plantation where workers have received death threats has refused to respond to repeated requests from USLEAP for assistance.

On May 2nd 2007, members of the Sintrasplendor union began negotiations with Dole's local management in Colombia.