Haiti Briefings on Sweatshops, Labour and Exploitation
Undermining accountability in the new gold rush: The Miners Next Door (HB77)
Claire Lauterbach; Andy Leak and Eve Hayes de Kalaf (eds) Haiti’s government heralds recent discoveries of gold and silver on
Building Back Failure – Bigger But No Better Caracol: None of Your Business (HB75)
Haiti Briefing 75 analyses the situation at the Caracol Industrial Plant, a $424,000,000 assembly-plant “development” project that has created fewer
Caracol : c’est pas vos affaires (HB75)
Le cumul des échecs : plus grand mais pas mieux
Petrol Price Rise Fuels Discontent (HB48)
In January, the cash-strapped Haitian government bowed to pressure from the International Monetary Fund and withdrew the state subsidy pegging
Long Hot Summer for Aristide (HB47)
The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing
Feeling the Fallout from the attacks on the US (HB44)
The United States’ declaration of a “war on terrorism” following the 11 September attacks was met with some scepticism, if
Time for the ‘Politicians’ to Step Aside (HB43)
Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired,
Solidarity Boosts Union Action (HB40)
After a year-long campaign, the labour union representing some 300 workers at the Marnier-Lapostelle orange plantation in northern Haiti has
Unwelcome, Unwanted: Haitian Migrant Workers (HB37)
When a boat carrying some 400 Haitians ran aground just two miles off the Florida coast on New Year’s Day,
Lavalas Splits, Violence Increases (HB23)
The ‘gran manjè‘ – literally the big eaters – are the ‘fat cats’, the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and
Protests Leave Lavalas Shaking (HB22)
Roadblocks, demonstrations and strikes – during the month of January generalised discontent was channelled into action in a wave of
Wage Slavery (HB21)
Haitian workers in the capital’s assembly plants work in hot, airless, and dimly lit factories sewing gloves, underwear, sports clothes and
Haiti Support Group Updates on Sweatshops, Labour and Exploitation
Neocolonialism through Debt: How French and US Banks underdeveloped Haïti
Neocolonialism through Debt: How French and US banks underdeveloped Haïti Caribbean Labour Solidarity zoom meeting – Sunday 4th May 2pm London
“The question was whether to die of hunger or coronavirus”: Garment factories reopen in Haiti despite fears
Coronavirus deepens Haiti’s unequal role in global garment supply chain By Charlotte Hammond, Cardiff University. At a time when so
Protest the physical abuse of Haitian workers in Port-au-Prince sweatshops!
Protest the physical abuse of Haitian workers in Port-au-Prince sweatshops! Sample protest letter to send to Willbes & Co. Ltd.
Background to the Brano Dispute: Open Letter
Translation of Batay Ouvriye’s “Open Letter to the Minister of Social Affairs concerning the application of the Minimum Wage”, originally
Stitched Up: the Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion Launch!
Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion Launch! Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion was published in January. The book features a chapter on
Labour Solidarity Meeting on Haiti
Caribbean Labour Solidarity Meeting on Haiti Following the success of the Haitian people winning their freedom from French enslavement in
Special Edition New Internationalist: Haiti Two Years On
Beyond Relief Beyond Belief is the lead article in the analysis/special feature section of the January/February edition of the New
Haitian Sweatshops: Made in the U.S.A.
Haitian Sweatshops: Made in the U.S.A. March 21, 2013 Fran Quigley, In These Times original article here When the shift
Caracol Industrial Park: Worth the risk?
Caracol Industrial Park: Worth the risk? March 7, 2013 Kale Je/Haiti Grassroots Watch. Original article here Caracol and Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Campaign to end intimidation of textile workers union SOTA
Campaign to end intimidation of textile workers’ union The Haitian workers rights organisation Batay Ouvriye (BO), whose campaigns we have
Campaign: Garment Assembly Workers in Port-au-Prince
The Haiti Support Group backs the struggle of the 20,000-odd workers who assemble garments for export who are denied the
Campaign in support of other new unions and workers’ organisations
See the LabourStart Haiti news section Abuse of workers’ rights at La Couronne Brewery–Coca-Cola Haiti – May 2006 American Center