Haïti : des ouvriers manifestent pour une hausse du salaire minimum
Employees of the Metropolitan Industrial Park, known as Sonapi, gathered for the second day in a row in the streets of Port-au-Prince to voice their anger. "When you're hungry, you don't joke around!" chanted the protesters.
The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has caused a surge in oil prices in Haiti.
The Haitian government raised diesel prices by 37% and gasoline prices by 29% at the beginning of the month. A gallon of gasoline costs 850 Haitian gourdes ($6.49), while workers earn only 685 gourdes ($5.23).
The employees pointed out that they had not received a raise for several years and now no longer have the means to buy basic necessities.
"Fuel prices have gone up, and I'm paying more for transportation," explains Roselainne Jean, a factory worker. "I get paid on Friday, and by Saturday I already have to borrow money. We're demanding a minimum wage of 3,000 gourdes ($22)," she continues.
Soaring oil prices have also doubled transportation costs, forcing millions of already undernourished people to further reduce their meals. According to the UN, 5.7 million Haitians are suffering from acute food insecurity.
The country, still plagued by gang violence, is facing "one of the most serious and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere," warned Edem Wosornu, director of the Operations and Advocacy Division at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on April 10.
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