Born in Port-au-Prince to a well-to-do family, Michele Montas’s lifelong passion for journalism led her in the 1970s to one of Haiti’s most outspoken pro-democracy advocates and broadcasters, Jean Dominique. Dominique founded Radio Haiti-Inter in the 1960s, when most media served up government propaganda. The station was the first to broadcast in Creole to a mostly illiterate population. After her… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesTo help labor unions in Haiti,
http://www.haitisupport.gn.apc.org/
Haitian union workers had a small VICTORY IN THE SOKOWA WORKERS’ FIGHT FOR RE-INSTATEMENT of 34 workers at the Codevi factory--main contractor
is Levi Strauss. (April 18)Haitian workers are helped by Haitian trade union (OGITH) and laborstart.org and the Batay Ouvriye Solidarity Network, the Haiti Support Group, R้seau-Solidarit้-Peuples Solidaires, Workers’ Rights Consortium - WRC, Maquila Solidarity Network, Clean Clothes Campaign,);
All pressured the Codevi company at the free trade zone in Ouanaminthe, north-east Haiti, and
forced it to re-instate the 34
workers that they had tried to illegally dismiss in the chaos
of Aristede’s flight.This first victory in the first dispute in the first new free trade zone in Haiti marks an important stage in
helping Haiti.The British-based solidarity group Haiti Support Group appealsfor donations to help Haiti by supporting the Haiti union
workers.http://www.haitisupport.gn.apc.org
Austin Paulnack, Syracuse NY
Posted by Austin Paulnack on Apr 28, 2004 at 6:45 PM Is it possible that the serious wrongs which you have attributed to Aristide were in fact the covert actions of the CIA and American NGO’s?
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