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Victories in the Flower Industry at Long Last! [Colombia]
The contract signed at Splendor Flowers last week brings to a triumphant close [a] publicized battle for labor rights in Colombia...Last year, Dole, Splendor’s owner, closed one of the subsidiary’s two farms in response to the strong union organizing that was going on...[An] arbitration tribunal came to a close...when workers signed a contract that includes significant improvements in conditions and wages...Another contract was signed at a Dole Plantation following a two-year struggle. Members of the Untrafragancia union are now entitled to...additional pay for fumigation workers who are exposed to hazardous chemicals...