HAITI: Export Workers Await Overdue Wage Increase
By Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus and Elizabeth Eames Roebling
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 19 (IPS) - Following the recommendation of President Rene Preval, the lower house of the Haitian Parliament voted Tuesday to raise the minimum wage in the assembly sector from 1.29 dollars (70 gourde) to only 3.20 dollars (125 gourde) per day, rather than the 5.12 dollars (200 gourde) which had been demanded and passed.
By Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus and Elizabeth Eames Roebling
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 19 (IPS) - Following the recommendation of President Rene Preval, the lower house of the Haitian Parliament voted Tuesday to raise the minimum wage in the assembly sector from 1.29 dollars (70 gourde) to only 3.20 dollars (125 gourde) per day, rather than the 5.12 dollars (200 gourde) which had been demanded and passed.
