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The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
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1928 mass killing of striking United Fruit Company workers in Ciénaga, Colombia
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Work stoppage by employees
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American fruit company (1899–1970)
The United Fruit Company was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 from the merger of the Boston Fruit Company with Minor C. Keith's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)