s Fairtrade boom hasn't helped slum-dwelling Haitian migrant workers Like many young Dominicans, Federico left for the US when he finished school to look for work, ending up in a Spanish store in New York. After 20 years working seven days a week he grew tired of the long hours and yearned for his homeland and the tropical climate of the Caribbean. He had heard about the booming banana trade with the...
How Fairtrade bananas are failing migrant workers
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