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Garment employees are seen working in the sewing section of a clothing plant in Haiti / credit: Marcel Crozet / International Labor Organization

‘We Are Not Slaves!’: Haitian Garment Workers Strike for a Fair Wage

Frances Madeson March 9, 2022 Frances Madeson

Buoyed by international union solidarity and hearkening to the revolutionary legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian strikers facing state violence and lowball concessions remain undeterred, reports Frances Madeson.

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