Haiti Garment Workers Need Four Times Their Wages to Get By

Solidarity Center

Sep 07 2022 | 00:04:00

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Show Notes

Haiti garment workers should be paid four times their current salaries just to keep pace with the cost of living, a new Solidarity Center study finds. The High Cost of Low Wages in Haiti: A Living Wage Estimate for Garment Workers in Port-au-Prince, determined that based on the current minimum wage ($781 per month), workers […]

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