Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2025. 6:08 pm CST.
By Breaking Belize News Staff: Following controversy over the weekend after 4 Garifuna women accused Western Dairies of being racist when they were all fired in the same week, the company has fired off a press release in response, insisting the firings were “not influenced by race, ethnicity, or any form of discrimination” and “strictly business-related”.
“Western Dairies, is a Belizean company established since 1967, which has grown into a trusted brand employing over 230 Belizeans of all ethnicities and backgrounds across the country,” the company said. It also dismissed the notion of a mass firing: “Of our 238 employees nationwide, only four employees were affected at the Dangriga branch. This is not, by any definition, a “mass firing”’. The company added that it remains committed to strengthening its services in Dangriga and throughout Belize.
The controversy started on Saturday after a livestream from DYFA Garifuna Radio 91.7FM’s Facebook page alleged the women were fired for racial reasons and produced one of the termination letters given to one the women.
The letter informed of the termination but provided no reason for the decision. All four women claim their letters were similar. In speaking with Dangriga Mayor Robert Mariano later that day during the public livestream, the women claimed they had each been working there for about a year and never had any issues before new management took charge of the restaurant.
The women claimed they were mistreated at work and were unfairly terminated because they are Garifuna. Mayor Mariano pledged to the women that we would contact the relevant managers at Western Dairies to sort the matter out.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2025. 6:08 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: Following controversy over the weekend after 4 Garifuna women accused Western Dairies of
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