[coldtea]

>So they pay money to some local cartel to make them go away

Traditionally it's more like "they pay money to some local armed group to get rid of union activists and unruly workers asking for more rights and better conditions and salaries".

[lstodd]

Yes, where the "union activists and unruly workers" represent the rival armed group.

[coldtea]

Yes, because real workers are never exploited and never have legitimate concerns and demands, especially in developing world countries /s

It's not like such companies like Chiquita even support dictators or topple goverments (or lobby to get it done on their behalf) to protect their margins and cheap labour...

"Among the Honduran people, the United Fruit Company was known as El Pulpo ("The Octopus" in English), because its influence pervaded Honduran society, controlled their country's transport infrastructure, and manipulated Honduran national politics with anti-labour violence."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic