FILE PHOTO: Students, teachers and former workers attend a protest against social security reform, as Chiquita Panama lays off some 5,000 of its daily workers out of a total of 6,500 employed nationwide, as per a source close to the company, after a strike began late April in the western province of Bocas del Toro, in Changuinola, Panama, May 25, 2025.
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Chiquita Panama's administrative staff have left the country and the firm will seek authorization from the government to sack its remaining personnel in Panama, the nation's labor minister said on Monday.
A company logo is seen, as Chiquita Panama lays off some 5,000 of its daily workers out of a total of 6,500 employed nationwide, as per a source close to the company, after a strike began late April in the western province of Bocas del Toro, in Changuinola, Panama, May 24, 2025.
The news comes after the company fired some 5,000 workers of a total of 6,500 employees nationwide last month in response to a strike at its banana farms.
