The EU-Ecuador trade agreement must work to protect workers' rights in the banana industry

Ecuadorian trade union Agricultural Workers and Farmers Trade Union Association (ASTAC) and its European partners ActionAid France, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), ASTM Luxembourg and Baldon Avocats denounce the outrageous lack of human rights and environmental protections in the banana industry under the European Union (EU)-Ecuador Trade Agreement. This action is taking place in a context of mobilisation by civil society and political leaders to hold multinational (…) - Trade and Investment Agreements / Trade & Investment, News, Ecuador, Focus home page