FLASH NEWS RELEASE ! Collective Bargaining Contract Signed at the Ouanaminthe CODEVI Free Trade Zone
Batay Ouvriye is pleased to inform the public in general, all those who have been following the situation at the Ouanaminthe Free Trade Zone, and particularly those involved in the workers' struggle there, that, after several months of negotiations, a final agreement was signed during the afternoon of Tuesday, December 13th, between management at the Codevi Free Trade Zone (Grupo M) and the SOCOWA workers' union, affiliated with the May First Batay Ouvriye Union Federation. Read more »

On Aug. 8 (Haïti-Progrès, Aug. 10), the Association of Owners and Drivers of Haiti (APCH) held a countrywide, one-day strike over a sharp, unannounced increase in fuel prices. Jean Winston Bazile, spokesperson for APCH, said, “This is a warning strike, asking for the collaboration of the people. Read more »