‘WE ARE NOT SLAVES!’: HAITIAN GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE FOR A FAIR WAGE

Unless you’re buck naked as you read this, chances are that you’re wearing at least one garment manufactured in the Haitian apparel factories of Port-au-Prince, Caracol and Ouanaminthe. Those Hanes or Fruit-of-the-Loom briefs in your dresser drawer, the classic Levi’s denim jacket hanging in your closet, or that cheapo, trendy puff-sleeved H&M frock you hope to add to your Spring wardrobe, were all likely made by men and women in Haiti earning the barest of minimum wages.

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