The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: teachers’ strike shuts school system
A successful two-day strike against "pension reform" by Puerto Rico's teachers has brought the government to the bargaining table.
Tag: The Caribbean
The Caribbean
Haiti: judge seeks charges in journalist’s murder
Has a judge finally identified the people behind a famous 2000 double murder of a Haitian journalist and his bodyguard—or is this just another political maneuver?
The Caribbean
Haiti: union leaders fired over wage protests
Haitian factory owners have fired some 26 union supporters since workers marched out to demand a higher minimum wage a month ago.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Lavalas expels two populist politicians
The expulsion of two politicians has revealed some of the fissures in former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s populist political party.
The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: teachers to strike over pensions
Wall Street objects to teachers’ pensions in Puerto Rico—just as it does in the US itself.
The Caribbean
Haiti: maquila workers take to the streets —again
Haitian garment workers walked off their jobs in Port-au-Prince on the morning of Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, starting off three days of strikes and marches for a higher minimum wage. The protests were in response to the Nov. 29… Read moreHaiti: maquila workers take to the streets —again
The Caribbean
Haiti: evictions of quake victims continue
Police and goons removed 60 families from a camp north of the capital. This was the second eviction for many of the families, who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake.
The Caribbean
Haiti: wage council proposes eight-cent raise
Haiti’s new council on wages issued its minimum wage levels for 2014, offering assembly plant workers a raise of eight cents an hour.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: Haitians flee violence
Haiti and the Dominican Republic aren’t at war, according to Haiti’s foreign minister, but hundreds of Haitians have fled the neighboring country amid a wave of violence.
The Caribbean
Haitian migrants killed in Bahamas boat capsize
The number of Haitians trying to reach the US through the Bahamas is increasing, and so are the fatalities.
The Caribbean
Haiti: support grows for minimum wage increase
After a year of struggle by Haitian workers supported by North American activists, two major garment companies have agreed to honor the legal minimum wage.
The Caribbean
Haiti: anti-Martelly march is attacked
Protesters were met with tear gas, rocks and some shooting when they marched into the suburb where President Martelly lives.