In the summer of 2017 the textile workers throughout the country of Haiti brought their entire industry to a standstill with a nationwide strike.
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Just before Christmas, on December 17, 2018, a multibillion dollar corporation called Columbia Export Terminal filed a SLAPP lawsuit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) against 154 of the individual stevedore workers at its Portland, Oregon river dock.
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On Monday, May 6, 2019, workers of the CODEVI free trade zone in Ounaminthe, Haiti went on strike to protest a wage tax imposed by the Haitian state. The alleged tax is for social services which the workers have never received though it has been effect for some time.
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Worker’s Struggle is sharing the following leaflet from our sisters and brothers in Batay Ouvriye (Worker’s Fight) in Haiti. The economic situation in Haiti is in turmoil, exacerbating the political and social crisis.
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Below, we are sharing a leaflet from our sisters and brothers in Batay Ouvriye, the autonomous worker's movement in Haiiti. The Haitian state raised the fuel prices 30-50% (in accordance to a new agreement with the IMF for over $90 million in aid).
Read MoreAfter a May Day march in Haiti, BO planned two other days of protest against the bourgeoisie, the imperialist and the Haitian State apparatus.
Read MoreTextile workers in Haiti ask that we pressure H&H sweatshop (where clothing for retailers like Walmart is produced) to rehire the workers who were fired, respect the right to organize, and to pay the wages workers demand.
Read MoreThe situation with workers in Haiti is intensifying. The autonomous workers movement (Batay Ouvriye) is continuing its struggle to raise their minimum wage from the current 300 Gourdes (a little less than $5 US a day) to 800 Gourdes (about $12 US) among other demands.
Read MoreThe following is text from our sisters and brothers at Batay Ouvriye (Worker’s Fight) in Haiti about the November 2016 elections in Haiti. Batay Ouvriye is an autonomous mass working class movement which has been organized over many years of intense repression
Read MoreWe stand in solidarity with farm workers in Washington State and San Quintin, Mexico who have organized an international boycott of retail products containing berries from Sakuma Bros. Farms, including all berries sold under the Driscolls brand and Haagen Dazs
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