For over one year, there have been ongoing uprisings across Haiti. Petro-Caribe corruption leading to increased fuel prices, costs of living, food and water shortages have made it near impossible for most Haitians to survive. As a result, people are rising up to spontaneously express their anger and frustrations. Among the chaos, the garment workers
Haitian garment workers in the northeast part of Haiti ask us for international back up. Please email Fernando Capellan to let him know that he cannot illegally fire union members in the CODEVI Free Trade Zone. After thousands of workers decided to stay home from work to protest unjust wage taxes, 42 union members were
In preparation for and in the wake of hurricane Irma, we’ve gotten behind in sharing updates with you. Here’s an important update from garment workers of in the north of Haiti, in the town of Ounaminthe, who continue their fight against an unjust wage tax. August 30 2017 – Garment workers took the streets to
(Translated from English version of 5/23/177 RRN post) Port Au Prince, Haiti – Terça-feira 23/5/17 Trabalhadores da indústria têxtil em greve desde sexta-feira (19/5/17) continuam sua luta por um salário mínimo maior! Eles estão sob ataque feroz e precisam de nossa solidariedade agora. * Se você já estiver familiarizado com a situação, clique aqui para
It’s true, as citizens, we must pay taxes or tariffs. However, we must see where it’s going. In Haiti, DGI is collecting taxes and tariffs but as citizens we never get services. We have to do whatever we can to live without the services the state owes us. There are no roads, no electricity, no
In Haiti, there are virtually no state-provided services. Roads are a mess and basic infrastructure is missing in most places throughout the country. On January 31, 2017, workers of the SOKOWA textile trade union, working in the Codevi Trade Zone in Ounaminthe, went on strike and took the streets protesting a 13% tax on their
Ounaminthe, Haiti – On January 31, 2017, workers of the SOKOWA textile trade union, working in the Codevi Trade Zone, went on strike and took the streets protesting a 13% tax on their wages. Thousands of other workers and other people joined them to march. While a wage tax sounds like a normal practice, this