“the Federation of Yorkers in the Banana Industry of Latin Amorica and tho Caribbean has strongly condemned the United Fruit Co. for introducing a sub-contracting system besod on land transforence. The U.F.C. ia a huge con cern controlling the biggest share in fruit production end trade in Letin America. In an open letter to the Company's president the Federation main-— tains that the Asgoointed Producers defoats the purpose of the Alliance for Progress programme.
Listing tae disadvantages of the syatem to tho workers, the Federation says tho U,F.C., which invests the capital,imposes onerous ond unilateral sonditions on the "so-called Associated Producers"=including supervision, technical assistance and exclusive sale to tho Company ct the price dsterm inod by it. As a consequence of short-term ropayment of the cepital invested by the Company,high payment for supervision and technical gsssistanca, payment of low prices for tho bananas which thoy are only allowed to sell to the Com pany, tho Associated Producers have no alternative but to dony their workors decont wagosy housing, other benefits and working conditions in keaping with the dignity of labour,