Category Archives: Economy

Clinton’s IHRC Commission Declared a Fraud by Haiti’s Senate

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, AHP | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Haitian Senate Public Works Committee says that the Clinton-led Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) claims to have financed for the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, had actually been funded by donors like the European Union and the Inter-American Development Bank , before the IHRC was even formed. (English | French)

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Fertile Land Seized for New Sweatshop Zone | Un déficit d’information publique sur le parc industriel du nord

avatarPosted on by March 1, 2018

By Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus, Alter Presse. “It’s the most fertile area we have at Caracol…. It’s inconceivable and unacceptable that the government could choose this part of the land to set up an industrial park.” – Resident Renel Pierre (English | French)

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Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Amy Goodman, Roderick Harrison, Juan Gonzalez, and Paul Taylor, Democracy Now! | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The average net worth of Blacks and Latinos in the U.S. is 20 times lower than the net worth of Whites: a racial disparity worse than when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive.

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Let Them Live on $3 a Day | Usines Levis et Hanes ont combattu, avec l’ambassade des É.-U., l’augmentation du salaire minimum en Haïti

avatarPosted on by March 1, 2018

By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, The Nation. Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, and Levi’s worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables. (English | French)

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In the Heart of Europe, Undocumented Immigrants Organize

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Dan La Botz, Labor Notes. Undocumented Latino immigrants in Switzerland are battling many of the same issues as in the United States, and they’re organizing to call for creative solutions to common problems.

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Should We Care About the Return of Haiti’s Idiot Son, Jean-Claude Duvalier?

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haiti got its idiot son Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1972. He was never elected president: not even by a fraudulent count. He was inaugurated “President for Life” one year after the death of his father François Duvalier. This event was feted by the international community with the return of aid to Haiti after a decade’s hiatus.

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Domestic Workers in New York Win First-Ever Job Protections

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2018

By Tiffany Ten Eyck Labor Notes Domestic workers in New York have won historic changes to the state’s labor law to include protections for their jobs. Final votes on Thursday ended weeks of wrangling between state Assembly and Senate leaders … Continue reading →

Activists Hash Out a Labor Manifesto at the U.S. Social Forum

avatarPosted on by February 24, 2018

By Kari Lydersen In These Times U.S. Social Forum Workshop participants brainstormed changes most needed to improve labor in the U.S. These included passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, immigration reform, a public black list of employers who mistreat … Continue reading →

Thai, Argentine Textile Workers Unite Against Slave Labour

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Marcela Valente, IPS. Buenos Aires – Textile cooperatives founded by former slave labourers from Argentina and Thailand will jointly launch a new brand of clothing in June to raise awareness about exploitation and promote decent jobs in the garment industry.

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Haiti: A New U.S. Occupation Disguised as Disaster Relief?

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Arun Gupta, Z Magazine. Official denials aside, the United States has embarked on a new military occupation of Haiti thinly cloaked as disaster relief.

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Exporting Misery to Haiti: How Pigs, Rice and US Policy Undermined the Haitian Economy

avatarPosted on by December 22, 2018

By James Ridgeway, Reader Supported News | Haiti Chery “Since the 1980s, in particular, the United States has helped turn a nation of low-tech subsistence farmers into a dumping ground for American agribusiness.”

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