Haiti gives garment workers pay raise short of union demands

Haiti has announced a slight minimum wage increase for garment workers that falls well short of their demands, prompting union calls for a strike.

President Jovenel Moise said late Thursday that the minimum pay will rise from the current level of 300 gourdes ($4.75) per day to 350 gourdes ($5).

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