Chiquita lays off remaining day workers in Panama
The layoffs are effective Friday, it said.
Chiquita Panama had fired 5,000 workers in late May as Panamanians across the country protested against several issues including a social security reform they said would affect their future pensions. Its management left Panama by early June.
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