Chiquita already announced in May that it was sacking several thousand daily laborers out of its roughly 7,000 workers in the Central America nation.
“We are being presented with a request to authorize the dismissal of 1,600 workers, leaving not a single employee in the country’s (Panama) workforce,“ Munoz said.
The strike has led to more than $75 million in losses as well as road closures and product shortages in Bocas del Toro.
After negotiating with unions, President Jose Raul Mulino’s government agreed to draft a bill to restore labor benefits to banana plantation employees, but only if they removed roadblocks.
Mulino has faced more than a month of protests against pension reform and other issues.
On Monday, police fired tear gas at demonstrators who blocked traffic with logs and rocks on several sections of the Pan-American Highway.
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