Wages

Increase of 6.7% of minimum wage in textile industry in Haiti to take effect immediately

On Friday, May 1, 2015, at the ceremonies of Labor Day and agriculture, the President Martelly has announced an increase in the minimum wage rate by 6.7% over the current prevailing rate between 225 to 240 gourdes for an 8 hour daily work in the textile sector, with immediate effect. In the last year, On May 1, President Martelly announced 225 gourdes as the minimum wage rate for textile workers in compliance with a Presidential decree dated April 16, 2014. However, the textile workers found that this increase of minimum rate announced by 6.7% is far from their minimum requirement. They continued to demand a minimum earning of 500 gourdes excluding overtime remuneration.

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Effective January 1, 2014Haiti's minimum wage will jump up 12 percent, from 4.65 to 5.23 dollars per day. This decision however raised some red flags. The biggest problem with the raise is that it will not affect more than 30,000 people who work as assembly factory workers. This decision was met with public protest in Haiti as hundreds of workers in assembly industries demonstrated in several streets of Port-au-Prince to demand 500 gourdes as minimum wage.

They reject the recommended minimum wage of 225 gourdes minimum daily wage for the sector. They said that the minimum wage is insufficient for them to live on. One week prior to this protest, the Collective of Textile Factory Unions federation (KOSIT) was able to mobilize the people for 500-gourde wage.

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