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Haiti: Workers Still Struggle 10 Years After Earthquake

by Tula Connell | Jan 9, 2020 | Americas, Haiti, Workers & Human Rights

Ten years after a magnitude 7 earthquake destroyed a large swath of Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and injuring another 1.5 million, workers and their families have not benefited from the billions in international aid that poured into country after the...

40+ Haitian Labor Groups Call for Vast Reforms

by Tula Connell | Oct 16, 2019 | Americas, Haiti, Rule of Law, Uncategorized, Workers & Human Rights

More than 40 labor organizations in Haiti joined a call for vast nationwide legal reforms, including free and fair elections and the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. The move follows weeks of massive demonstrations against rampant government corruption and...

The High Cost of Low Wages in Haiti: New Report

by Carolyn Butler | Apr 30, 2019 | Americas, Haiti

Haitian garment workers face increasing difficulty in covering basic expenditures as prices soar while wages hover far below the cost of living, according to a new Solidarity Center report. The High Cost of Low Wages in Haiti (2019), a new Solidarity Center survey...

Haiti Union Leader Receives Death Threats

by Tula Connell | Jan 28, 2019 | Americas, Freedom to Form Unions, Haiti, Rule of Law, Workers & Human Rights

The global labor community is condemning death threats made against Jean Bonald Golinsky Fatal, president of the Confédération des Travailleurs- euses des Secteurs Public et Privé (CTSP) in Haiti. The Confederation of Trade Unions of Workers of the Americas (CSA) and...

Haiti: Garment Workers March for Better Wage

by Tula Connell | Jul 25, 2017 | Americas, Haiti, Workers & Human Rights

Update: On July 27, the Haitian government announced a slight minimum wage increase for garment workers that fall far below workers’ demands for a wage that would enable them to support their families. The minimum wage will rise by 81 cents a day, to $5.73....

Haiti Garment Workers Demand Wage Boost to Survive

by Tula Connell | Jun 2, 2017 | Americas, Haiti, Workers & Human Rights

Hundreds of garment workers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, staged a peaceful demonstration this week to protest the firing of some 45 union leaders from the Haitian garment workers’ federation, GOSTTRA, and to push for a badly-needed minimum wage increase. According to...