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Fyffes joined with government officials, plantation owners and civil society organizations in Belize
Literally a Banana Republic
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TEDxVolcano in london tonight (the series of interesting talks TED, not the tweedy ted)
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I'm sitting on my terrace very much enjoying the sunshine and peace and quiet... Sundays are normally mental for air traffic, we seem to be under flight paths for both Heathrow and City airports... Lovely... :D
Agreed, so very nice. On the east ride yesterday there was not a cloud nor plane in the sky, it was perfect.
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Is anyone else enjoying the silence of the skies?
It is interesting that the news only seem to be talking about stranded holiday makers but what about all the food etc we ship by planes? Are we going to run out of bananas by Wednesday?I was just about to post how awesome it is without constant air traffic!
The weather has been fab this weekend - case for planes causing Britain's shit weather? Or is it volcanic ash that is responsible for nice weather and we should encourage more eruptions? Poll?
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So to round up, fruit flys, but when it doesn't, it's good for fruit flies.
Seriously if this does continue much longer it's going to be pretty disastrous for the aviation industry and business that rely on imports by air.
That sounds feasible, if the volcano footage is CGI that would explain all those lightning flashes - they just got carried away.
Me too - I've got a mental work week next week, being stuck in some exotic location would not be unwelcome.
There was some guy who owned a fruit importing business on the radio on friday asaying his business was in tatters, and he had piles of fruit rotting.
Its odd that when the BA people went on strike for a day or two the papers and the tories were going mad about the cost to the economy, and everyones still pretty chilled about this.
Maybe there is no cloud and its a conspiracy, and theres a mass air war going on. Or a nuclear blast. maybe we've bombed iran and everyones keeping quiet about it.
I wish I was stuck on holiday : (
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Too bad for you and for them.
Honest, I wish my parents-in-law were stuck in Sweden. For a few decades or so...
...are they...ah forget it, don't matter.
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BUY BUY BUY!!
In my student days, I bought a good 30 of them so I could revise (for a month) without leaving the house.
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fxd
hahahahahah
:D
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What I would like to know, what is the situation for stranded employees and their employers.
If you were stranded abroad, would any extra days away be counted as holidays?
My mate reckons it's not the employee's fault, so they shouldn't be counted as holidays.
I reckon it's not the employers fault, and the employees aren't able to work, so why should they be paid.
We agreed on the compromise they should be unpaid leave, but I wonder what the legal situation is.
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some volcano webcams here people
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I'm boycotting Irish bananas
Fyffes in Belize
It's not the only one VeeVee: [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company[/ame]
And the Jolly Green Giant has not often been putting smiles on his workers' faces either.
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What I would like to know, what is the situation for stranded employees and their employers.
If you were stranded abroad, would any extra days away be counted as holidays?
My mate reckons it's not the employee's fault, so they shouldn't be counted as holidays.
I reckon it's not the employers fault, and the employees aren't able to work, so why should they be paid.
We agreed on the compromise they should be unpaid leave, but I wonder what the legal situation is.
It would depend on your contract.
I would endeavour to work remotely. Other people might strike some compromise with their boss. Might depend if it was a work trip or holiday they were away for. One of the guys at work is stuck in Kathmandu.. he'll be earning £0/day for his troubles because he can't actually work remotely.
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Fyffes in Belize
Fyffes is the exclusive buyer of all the bananas exported from Belize. In 2001 Fyffes joined with government officials, plantation owners and civil society organizations in Belize to agree a partnership approach to the future of the industry.
Since then the efforts of the workers Fyffes have a Code of Practice which forms part of their contract with plantation owners. This, in theory, guarantees workers' rights, particularly freedom of association. However, in reality Fyffe's have not insisted that plantation owners respect the workers' human rights, which means that the Code of Practice has made no difference on the ground. The workers who grow Fyffes bananas continue to live in a climate of fear, denied their basic rights.to organize a trade union have been thwarted by intimidation and firings on farms in Belize. A number of cases for unfair dismissal were brought to court but have yet to be heard almost two years later. Most of the workers are immigrants and, as such, especially vulnerable. Four union activists were arbitrarily deported before it was pointed out they were actually Belizean citizens. Some observers believe that the government is slow to implement its own worker protection laws, fearing Fyffe's will take their business elsewhere, leaving the small country's economy in ruins.