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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-03-05:363</id>
    <published>2008-03-05T01:13:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-05T01:17:37Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/3/5/nazaire-st-fort-on-haitian-rural-economy" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>Nazaire St Fort on Haitian Rural Economy</title>
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            Our good friend and young Haitian journalist Nazaire St Fort has up an excellent piece on Haiti's rural economy and the activism of agronomy students.  Read the entire piece on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41454&quot;&gt;INTER PRESS SERVICE&lt;/a&gt;.  Nazaire has interviewed and photographed CTH trade unionists in the past. In the new piece he mentions one of our federations, Fédération nationale des paysans agricoles (FENATAPAO).
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-29:362</id>
    <published>2008-02-29T02:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-29T11:57:03Z</updated>
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    <title>CTH: Ogmante sal&#232; minim&#242;m nan an Ayiti</title>
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            26 Fevriye 2008
Nan sa ki gen pou wè ak salè minimòm nan; wi nou dakò pou gen yon ogmantasyon nan salè minimòm nan. Depi 1984, salè minimòm nan te rete fikse a 15 goud; ki siyifi 3 dola US. Poutan, jody a ki fè 24 an pli ta, salè minimòm nan se 70 goud; men li egal a sèlman 2 dola US. Si ke nou konsidere to de vi an, salè minimòm nan ta dwe fikse a 300 goud pou pli piti. Men lè ke nou pran an konsiderasyon frajilite travay an Ayiti; pou ke pa gen plis travay ki pèdi, sektè sendika ki enkli CTH aksepte pou pwopoze 200 goud kòm salè minimòm; gen diskisyon ki ap fèt ak anplwaye yo onivo de yon komisyon tripati &amp; abitraj ki gen pou pwopoze a gouvènman yon nouvo salè minimòm; aprè sa, nouvo salè minimòm nan ap prezante nan chanm palman pou yon vot final. De jody a rive mwa Mas ki ap vini la, travayè yo ap gen yon nouvo salè minimòm.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-26:361</id>
    <published>2008-02-26T01:46:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-26T21:50:34Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/2/26/cth-augmenter-le-salaire-minimum-en-ha&#239;ti" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>CTH: Augmenter le salaire minimum en Ha&#239;ti</title>
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            Concernant notre position sur
le salaire minimum oui nous sommes pour une
augmentation du salaire minimom. Car, depuis en 1984
le salaire étant fixé à 15 gourdes qui représentait 3
dollars americains pourtant aujourd'hui 24 ans après
le salaire minimum est 70 gourdes équivalent à 2
dollars américains. C'est à dire, si on considère tous
ces éléments et bien d'autres encore le salaire
minimum devrait fixer à au moins 300 gourdes.Cependant
, tenant compte de la fragilité du travail en Haiti et
pour éviter la perte davantage d'emploi, le secteur
syndical y compris la CTH accepte de proposer 200
gourdes comme salaire minimum qui fait déja l'objet de
discussion avec le secteur patronal au niveau de la
commission tripartite et d'arbitrage chargé de
proposer au gouvernement un nouveau salaire minimum en
vue de le soumettre au parlement pour le vote
final.Alors, d'ici le mois de mars prochain les
travailleurs auront un nouveau salaire minimum.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-15:360</id>
    <published>2008-02-15T03:23:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-15T03:25:58Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/2/15/konfederasyon-travay&#232;-ayisyen-cth" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>Konfederasyon Travay&#232; Ayisyen (CTH)</title>
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            HAITIANALYIS TRANSLATION: Konfederasyon Travayè Ayisyen (CTH) declare sipò yo pou HOPE II inisyativ nan; yo kwè ke sa ap pèmèt vin gen plis travay pou sendika yo an Ayiti. Paul Loulou Chery, sekretè jeneral CTH sou zafè anplwa pou pwogram sa te di, Ayiti dezespere pou travay ak stabilite. HOPE II akt la ap pèmèt aksè lib san tarif a mache Etazini an pou vètman ki fèt an Ayiti; sa ap pwobableman pouse konpayi yo pou al ouvè faktori an Ayiti; ki siyifi plis travay pou ekonomi peyi Dayiti ki nan yon sitiyasyon dezespere. Chery te patisipe nan yon reyinyon ki te chaje avèk moun nan Pòtoprens kote li te mande pou sipòte HOPE II; lòt moun ki te prezan se Premye Minis, Jacques Edouard Alexis. HOPE II planifye pou vini avèk plis travay nan peyi a ki gen pou wè ak vètman pandan ke y ap sipòte administrasyon Préval/Alexis an; CTH mande pou gen yon pozisyon fèm kont privatizasyon. Diran ete 2007 lan, Préval te anonse ke Teleko, Elektrisite Dayiti avèk APN osijè a privatize. Nan mwa resan, ofisyèl nan CTH yo te di ke yo ogmante efò yo avèk anplwaye nan sektè piblik la pou opoze plan privatizasyon an. CTH byen koni nan katye pòv avèk kanpay yo an Ayiti pou fason yo òganize nan baz. Diran gouvènman enterimè a an 2004-2006, CTH te tonbe anba yon kanpay sistematik vyolans aprè ke yo refize sipòte anlèvman gouvènman eli an 2004. Òganizatè CTH yo di abilite pou ke sendikalis yo òganize vin amelyore sou administrasyon Preval la, men lavi chè a ansanm avèk dezas natirèl te frape manm yo di. Konfederasyon travayè a ap fè lòbi pou ke Ayiti ogmante pwodiksyon nasyonal la na zòn endistriyalize &amp; kanpay yo. Fen ane pase a, pandan ke Chery t ap pale, li te di ke òganizasyon dwa zimen &amp; moun ki solidè a Ayiti ta dwe fè tout sa yo kapab pou siveye &amp; asire ke patron yo respekte travayè Ayisyen yo nan nenpòt nouvo faktori.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-13:359</id>
    <published>2008-02-13T00:13:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-13T12:14:06Z</updated>
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    <title>Message de la CTH secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral.</title>
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            Bonjour mon ami, comme tu sais je fais partie de
la Commission de la mise en oeuvre de la loi hope (
CMO-HOPE ) representant le sectuer syndical accompagné
de deux autres camarades du secteur au sein de cette
commission. Effectivement lors d'un déjeuner organisé
par la Commission ou l'ambassadeur des USA et le
premier ministre Haitien étaient présents en vue de
solliciter les supports de différentes instances
internationales dans le but de demander au Congrès
Américain de voter une nouvelle loi accordant aux
Haitiens HOPE 2. Alors moi aussi je me suis prononcé
en faveur HOPE 2 qui a mon avis contribuera à réduire
le taux du chomage en Haiti en créant plusieurs
milliers d'emplois. Donc, c'est vrai la CTH est pour
le vote de cette loi HOPE 2 par le Congrès des USA.
J'en profite pour te demander d'adresser une lettre de
support au Congrès au nom des travailleurs Haitiens
particulièrement la CTH pour solliciter ce vote en
faveur de HOPE2.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-12:358</id>
    <published>2008-02-12T02:21:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-13T11:41:30Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/2/12/haitianalysis-on-cth-confederation-of-haitian-workers-supports-pr&#233;val-alexis-hope-initiative" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>HAITIANALYSIS on CTH: Confederation of Haitian Workers Supports Pr&#233;val/Alexis HOPE Initiative</title>
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            &lt;a href=&quot;http://haitianalysis.com/2008/2/12/confederation-of-haitian-workers-supports-hope-initiative&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://haitilabor.org/assets/2008/2/12/CTHSMALL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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HaitiAnalysis-The Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH) has declared its support for the HOPE II initiative which they believe will bring trade union jobs to Haiti. CTH General Secretary Paul Loulou Chery, who sits on a labor-government panel organizing for the program, says that Haiti is in desperate need of jobs and stability. The HOPE act would provide tariff-free access to the United States market for apparel made in Haiti and would likely energize companies to set up shop in Haiti, meaning more jobs for Haiti's desperate economy. Chery spoke in support of HOPE at a recent packed meeting in Port-au-Prince attended by Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
While supporting the Préval/Alexis HOPE plan to bring more garment jobs into the country, the CTH has urged a hardline stance against privatization. Préval announced over the summer of 2007 that Téléco (Telecommunications of Haiti), ED'H (Electricity of Haiti), and the APN (National Port Authority) would be subject to privatization. In recent months CTH officials say that they have increased organizing efforts with public sector workers to oppose the state privatization plans.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
CTH is well known across poor neighborhoods and rural areas in Haiti for its grassroots organizing. During the interim government period in Haiti (2004-2006) the CTH came under a sustained campaign of violence after refusing to support the 2004 ouster of Haiti's elected government. The ability of trade unionists to organize has improved under Préval, say CTH organizers, but the rising cost of living and natural disasters has hit its membership hard. The labor confederation is lobbying for Haiti to increase national production both in its industry and rural economy.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Chery, speaking late last year, said that human rights workers and the solidarity community at large should do all they can to help make sure the rights of Haitian workers are respected and actively monitored in any new factories. Haiti continues to be in need of a strengthened labor code and heightened minimum wage.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-02-10:357</id>
    <published>2008-02-10T21:18:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-12T23:57:21Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/2/10/nous-disons-oui-&#224;-l-emploi-nous-disons-non-&#224;-la-privatisation" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>Nous disons Oui &#224; l'emploi. Nous disons Non &#224; la privatisation.</title>
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lenouvelliste.com/article.php?PubID=1&amp;ArticleID=54006&amp;PubDate=2008-02-08#Suite&quot;&gt;Les actes CMO-HOPE&lt;/a&gt;
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-01-13:316</id>
    <published>2008-01-13T01:16:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-01-14T01:21:32Z</updated>
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Fourni par une récente délégation d'Haïti.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2008-01-01:318</id>
    <published>2008-01-01T06:39:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-01-14T06:39:54Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2008/1/1/free-lovinsky-now" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>FREE LOVINSKY NOW!!</title>
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            Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, coordinator of the Fondasyon Trant Septanm, has been in captivity for over four months. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.petitiononline.com/august/petition.html&quot;&gt;He must be set free and returned to his family. &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;img src=&quot;http://haitilabor.org/assets/2008/1/14/Picture_15.png&quot;&gt;
Lovinsky supported the activities of CTH and he is pictured above at the 2006 world social forum with CTH Secretary General Paul Chery.
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2007-11-26:244</id>
    <published>2007-11-26T03:18:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-11-26T14:21:07Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2007/11/26/la-structure-de-la-cth" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
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            &lt;p&gt;
La CTH est constitué de onze fédérations et dispose de trois commissions nationales sur les femmes, les droits de l'homme, et de la jeunesse. Nous avons deux bureaux à Port-au-Prince et un bureau dans chaque département en Haïti.
&lt;p&gt;
1. Fédération des travailleurs de l'industrie et de la sous-traitance
&lt;p&gt;
2. Fédération des travailleurs et artisans professionnels; (FEHATRAP)
&lt;p&gt;
3. Fédération nationale des paysans agricoles (FENATAPA0)
&lt;p&gt;
4. Fédération nationale des travailleurs de la presse et la communication (FHTP)
&lt;p&gt;
5. Fédération nationale des travailleurs de la santé (FENATRAS)
&lt;p&gt;
6. Fédération nationale des travailleurs de l'éducation et la culture (FENATEC)
&lt;p&gt;
7. Fédération nationale des travailleurs de la construction (FENATCO)
&lt;p&gt;
8. Haïtien de la Fédération des coopératives et mutuelles d'assurance des travailleurs de la coopérative (FEHCOMTRA)
&lt;p&gt;
9. Fédération nationale du secteur du commerce (FENASCOM)
&lt;p&gt;
10. Fédération nationale des travailleurs des transports publics
&lt;p&gt;
11. Fédération nationale des travailleurs du tourisme (FENADETH)
&lt;p&gt;
12. Syndicat des employés de l'Autorité nationale Harbor. (SEAPN)

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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2007-11-20:239</id>
    <published>2007-11-20T13:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-11-20T14:30:21Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2007/11/20/on-the-privatization-of-government-owned-enterprises" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
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            &lt;i&gt;We would like to thank Guinsly for properly translating this communication to the press in October 2007.&lt;/i&gt;

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Confederation of Haitian workers (CTH) Worries About The Governance Of The Country
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Today, the CTH has come to the realization that workers and the Haitian people are up to their last breath. Instead of this government taking concrete measures to put the country on the track of development, by facilitating the creation of jobs; they have instead put their heads between their legs in the privatization of government-owned enterprises. As a result there is widespread unemployment, misery and hunger.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
At this very moment, the Preval/Alexis government has decided to lay-off more than 1500 people; mostly head of households who were working at the telephone company (Teleco); this is going to increase even more an already large sector of the population who are unemployed.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
The Haitian People is facing a situation of calamity and suffering; the Preval/Alexis administration is satisfied in taking decisions that are anti-unions without putting into place any mechanisms to stop the privatization of state-owned enterprises. The CTH is asking, if it’s not a way to put an end to the life of workers in particular but of the Haitian People in general?
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
The CTH further states, if there is any hope for workers and the Haitian People to breathe a sign of relief? The worst part is that the government hasn’t done much to encourage investment and the private sector has virtually disappeared. As a result, the workers are left without any option; they are on their own walking the pavement.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
If it were mandated to privatize state-owned enterprises, the CMEP law is very specific as to what steps the government must take in order to modernize those enterprises. The following applied; there should either be a contract to manage the enterprise, concession or capitalization. Which one has the government chosen?
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Taking into account this fact, the CTH would like to bring the public’s attention that the CMEP law does not grant anyone the authority to privatize state-owned enterprises.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
The CTH believe the procedure that is in place for the government to compensate the employees of Teleco is inadmissible and the amount of money put at their disposition for the number of years worked at the enterprise is insufficient. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Since we are a worker’s organization that believe in participative democracy; we encourage the process of dialogue that has been taking place between the government and the trade-unionists.
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
We think that there should be public debates by the government and the trade unionists as to the question of privatizing state-owned enterprises and particularly Teleco. From there, we will come out with viable and reasonable solutions; because the role of the government is not to engage in witch hunt, but rather to guarantee employment and to create work; which are essential conditions that allow workers to take care of their family with dignity. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Paul Loulou CHERY,Secrétaire Général
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Hubert JEAN, Secrétaire Général adjoint
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Resp. . Presse et Communication &amp;lt;http: /&gt;
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2007-11-20:238</id>
    <published>2007-11-20T00:27:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-11-26T14:31:21Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2007/11/20/price-of-sugar-haitian-workers-in-the-dominican-sugar-fields" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>EL PRECIO DEL AZ&#218;CA</title>
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            We would like to recommend this movie &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/&quot;&gt;THE PRICE OF SUGAR&lt;/a&gt;.  You can read a review of the movie by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=7372&quot;&gt;Ben Terrall&lt;/a&gt;.Nos gustaría recomendar esta película EL PRECIO DEL AZÚCA
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    <id>tag:www.haitilabor.org,2007-11-06:237</id>
    <published>2007-11-06T01:38:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-11-06T16:42:08Z</updated>
    <link href="http://www.haitilabor.org/2007/11/6/la-cth-fait-le-point-apr&#232;s-sa-participation-au-6&#232;me-forum-social-mondial-janvier-2006" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    <title>La CTH fait le point apr&#232;s sa participation au 6&#232;me forum social mondial   (janvier 2006)</title>
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            Voici un article du 31 janvier 2006: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7334&quot;&gt;Haiti Press Network&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7334&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.haitilabor.org/assets/2007/11/6/Paul_L._Ch%C3%A9ry.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lors de sa participation au sixième forum social mondial, tenu au Vénézuela, la Confédération des travailleurs haïtiens a plaidé pour un vrai soutient au peuple haïtien », a déclaré Paul Loulou Chéry, le coordonnateur de l’association.
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Le sixième forum social mondial, organisé, cette année, au Venezuela sous le thème « Otro mundo es posible », a réuni des syndicalistes et des travailleurs venus du monde entier. Après sa participation au forum, le coordonnateur du CTH se dit satisfait de l’unité syndicale dans la région. Selon lui, « une autre Haïti est possible comme est possible un autre monde ».
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« Tous les pays présents ont exprimé leur préoccupation pour une équitable répartition de la richesse mondiale ». « Les habitants ne doivent pas être au service de la richesse du monde, mais c’est cette richesse qui doit être disponible aux gens du monde entier », a déclaré le patron de la CTH.
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« L’unité syndicale dans la région et dans le monde », tels sont les thèmes qui ont été mis en évidence lors du forum de Caracas. Les conclusions tirées auront pour objectif l’établissement d’un syndicat mondial, moderne, qui aura pour tâche principale l’amélioration des conditions de vie de l’ensemble des travailleurs.
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Selon M. Chéry, « cette unité syndicale pourrait être difficile en Haïti », mais le CTH part à la recherche du soutien de toutes les associations syndicales haïtiennes.
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Dans le cadre de « l’isolement et de l’exclusion d’Haïti », la CTH a rappelé au peuple Vénézuélien qu’Haïti a contribué à sa libération, son indépendance, puis son autonomie. Elle a profité l’occasion pour demander au gouvernement de Caracas d’insérer Haïti dans son programme Petro-Caribe, dans lequel Haïti a été exclus préalablement.
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« Haïti devrait être la priorité dans la région car elle a aidé beaucoup de pays en Amérique dans la conquête de leur indépendance », a rappelé M. Chéry, avant de lancer un message de solidarité vers le monde afin d’aider Haïti dans la quête d’une stabilisation sociale, économique et politique.
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Quant aux élections, la CTH se dit confiant dans leur réalisation le 7 février prochain. « Celles-ci sont la condition sine qua non pour qu’Haïti respire enfin un air de paix. « Le 7 février sera un jour historique, alors la CTH invite tous les Haïtiens à se porter aux urnes. C’est le jour où nous allons écrire une autre page de notre histoire », a indiqué Paul L. Chéry.
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DRI/HPN
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    <published>2007-11-01T02:02:00Z</published>
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    <title>CTH: L'Autorit&#233; Portuaire Nationale (APN) - Workers of the National Port Authority</title>
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            Port workers of the APN in Haiti have organized for many years now with CTH to defend worker rights and living wages.  The APN is now under threat of privatization.  We will have more on this.  Here are photos of APN-CTH workers by Sasha Kramer, Director and Co-Founder of S.O.I.L.
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&lt;img src=&quot;http://haitilabor.org/assets/2007/11/2/APN2.jpg&quot;&gt;
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    <published>2007-10-18T02:21:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-10-18T17:24:46Z</updated>
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    <title>Flood Waters in Haiti - Residents Suffer</title>
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            In the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39691&quot;&gt;IPS article&lt;/a&gt; from Gonaives the CTH is sourced:
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&lt;i&gt;Secretary-General Paul Loulou Chéry of the Confédération des Travailleurs Haitiens (CTH), a national trade union confederation, says the situation is desperate. He has heard from numerous people living in the flooded areas who have faced severe weather for weeks.

Chery said the CTH is trying to provide support to the many trade unionists living in the affected departments, but has few resources to do so. He explained that rising costs of living for the poor exacerbate the crisis. &quot;The people of all these departments need solidarity at once,&quot; Chery said.&lt;/i&gt;
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