Articles Posted on June 6th, 2012

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    Bananas Over Fair Trade

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 06, 2012 | 1 Comment

    Bananas are the most consumed fresh fruit in the U.S., and represents 50 percent of all U.S. fresh fruit imports, a large portion of which are produced in Latin America. The 27 Fair Trade producers supplying bananas to the U.S. market are located in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Perú and in the northwestern Urabá region of Colombia. According to Fair Trade USA’s Product Impact Report, imports of Fair Trade bananas almost doubled from 2008 to 2009, reaching 49 million pounds.

    Posted in Business, Economy, Opinion

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    AT&T, Verizon Contract Agreements With CWA/IBEW Workers Remains Elusive

    by Seth Sandronsky on Jun 06, 2012 | 7 Comments

    Despite soaring revenues and profits, AT&T and Verizon continue to seek concessions from employee unions, a demand which has led to stalled contract talks and threats of strike action by Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

    Posted in Labor, News