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Chiquita Brands International Inc.
| Headquarters location: 250 East Fifth Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 |  | Tel. 513-784-8000 Job offers, investor relations: www.chiquita.com Stock:  |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF CHIQUITA
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| Human: 4 violation(s) of fundamental human rights |
| Labor: 5 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights |
| Job: 1% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Environment: 5 major pollution(s) |
| Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 5 offshore financial center(s) |
| Top management: earns 37 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 2 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 1 dubious practice(s) |
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| year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2002Riley, James |  Chief Financial Officer; salary: 0.7 million US$; |
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| 2008 | | ILO violation 87, 98 : Miguel Ángel Ramírez, a member of the banana workers’ union Sindicato de Trabajadores Bananeros del Sur, was killed on March 2, 2008. The union was founded on 15 July 2007 by a group of workers - including Miguel Ángel Ramírez – from the company Frutera Internacional Sociedad Anónima that produces bananas for the Chiquita brand. Four months after the workers had organised themselves the company obtained a list of all the founder members of the union and set about harassing and threatening them using its private security agents. Some were illegally detained as a means of pressurising them into resigning and at the end of November they were sacked from their jobs. Miguel Ángel Ramírez was forced to sign a resignation letter.: Guatemala | ITUC-CSI  |
| 2007 | | ILO violation 78,98 : Chiquita's Costa Rican subsidiary COBAL has sacked two union members for complaining about being exposed to a toxic chemical. lexander Reyes Zuniga, Jaime Blanco Juarez and Marco Gonzalez Borge reported to their supervisors that spraying of a toxic nematicide (used for killing worms in banana tree roots) was going on in the same area as they were harvesting bananas. They became nauseous and dizzy and Jaime Blanco had to go to the doctor, where he was held for tests for several hours. Alexander Reyes suffered symptoms of poisoning the following day, but was told to resume work regardless. The team complained to supervisors only to be accused of entering the area to be sprayed despite orders not to do so. Alexander Reyes and Marcos Borge were sacked for misconduct. Chiquita management did not conduct any medical examination, did not give the statutory three warnings for misconduct and continues to deny the workers' version.: Costa Rica | Campaign f. |
| 2006 | | ILO violation 87 : In Finca Cariari 4, a banana plantation belonging to the BANACOL company that supplies the multinational Chiquita, a group of workers belonging to the plantation workers’ union, Sindicato de Trabajadores de Plantaciones Agrícolas (SITRAP), formed a branch committee on 20 March. Within two months, seven union members had been dismissed, including two leaders of the committee, a few days after the committee was set up by SITRAP.: Colombia | ITUC-CSI |
| 2002 | | ILO violation 1, 26, 87, 98, 131, 138 : Bambini di 8 anni, giorno lavorativo medio dura 12 ore, guadagnano in media 3.50 dollari al giorno, licenziamenti di lavoratori iscritti a sindacato: Ecuador | Human Righ. |
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| 1994 | | ILO violation 87, 98 : Licenciements de syndicalistes, création de listes noires.: Costa Rica | |
| 1994 | | Chiquita hires paramilitaries against unionized workers.: Costa Rica | |
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| 2000 | It is at this company that one owes the vulgarizing of the term "banana republic" when, in 1954, the CIA reverses the president of Guatemala which wanted to put its nose in the businesses of Chiquita. The multinational company was called then United Fruits. Number 1 of banana in the world, Chiquita is directed by the American billionaire Carl H Lindner, one of the largest individual contributors of the election campaign of Bill Clinton and the democrats (but the man, whose c?ur rather leans on the other side of the political chess-board finances, also republicans). Denouncing without relache the common organization of the European market, Chiquita profits from the support of the American authorities to try to put at bottom the device to work out in Brussels. : translate | RFI |
| 2000 | Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 1999 | Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 5000 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Multinatio. |
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| 2007 |
The European Commission charges Fyffes, Chiquita and Dole Food of running an illegal cartel to fix prices and control supply to northern Europe. The EU alleged that the cartel covered Germany, as well as Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.Chiquita had received a charge sheet but was granted immunity conditional on continued cooperation. |
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| 2006 |
| 4.5 | -0.1 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2005 |
| 3.9 | 0.13 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2005 |
Its european offices were raided by the EU antitrust authorities. They suspect the company of fixing prices of banana and pineapple in Europe. The existence of the cartel was disclosed by the former member Chiquita. |
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| 2004 |
| 3.07 | 0.06 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2003 |
| 2.61 | 0.1 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2002 |
| 1.44 | 0.01 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2001 |
| 2.24 | -0.12 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2000 |
| 2.25 | -0.09 | | | billion US$ | |
| 1999 |
| 2.56 | -0.06 | | | billion US$ | |
| 1998 |
| 2.72 | -0.02 | | | billion US$ | |
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