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MBI Haiti
Published: August 28, 2025
In April 2023, two groups of union leaders were dismissed from MBI Haiti. The first group, affiliated to the SOTA-BO union, was reinstated and paid the back wages owed to them. However, the second group, affiliated to the GOSTTRA union, was never reinstated and there was no payment of back wages. The WRC will continue…
Aksyon Cintas Ankouraje Sistèm Vyolansyon dwa Travayè ak Pratik Anti-Sendikal Nan Peyi Ayiti
Published: August 28, 2025
Youn nan pi Gwo Konpayi ki fè Inifòm nan Mond pa vle Mande yon Faktori ki ap Travay pou li nan Peyi Ayiti pou Re-anplwaye lidè Sendika ke Faktori a revoke Ilegalman Malgre kiriz politik, vyolans gang ki ap ravaje peyi Ayiti, epi ki prèske lakoz efondreman total nan règ lalwa peyi a, Ayiti toujou…
14 Years’ Wages for Illegally Fired Worker Leader from Haitian Factory
Published: June 4, 2025
Despite widespread gang violence and the collapse of civil authority in Haiti, the WRC has continued achieving concrete remedies for violations of workers’ rights in the country—including securing justice for worker leaders fired for speaking out against abusive conditions. In May 2025, the WRC achieved a settlement equivalent to 14 full years’ wages for the…
Uniwell
Published: June 4, 2025
The WRC documented violations of freedom of association at Uniwell, a factory located in the Codevi industrial park in Haiti, following the dismissal of a plant-level union leader in September 2024. Following engagement with the brand A4, the factory agreed to a settlement with the worker that resolved the violation that occurred. Read more:
Digneron
Published: June 2, 2025
In 2022, a factory in Haiti known as Digneron permanently closed operations and failed to pay its 1,600 workers the severance to which they were entitled under the law. After workers filed a complaint with the WRC regarding the factory’s failure to comply with the law and with university codes of conduct, the WRC engaged…
Workwear company compensates sacked Haitian workers
Published: April 16, 2025
Haiti Premier Apparel
Published: April 15, 2025
Following the closure of Haiti Premier Apparel in April 2023, the factory owners were unable to meet 100% of their legally required severance obligations to workers. The factory reported that, at the time of the closure, its customers Cintas and Superior Uniform Group both made contributions for workers’ severance. Additional severance funds were covered by…
WRC Engagement with US Workwear Company Leads to Full Compensation for Haitian Workers
Published: April 15, 2025
When the garment factory Haiti Premier Apparel closed in April 2023, roughly 100 of its former workers in that country did not receive their legally required severance. However, thanks to a contribution from the US workwear company Careismatic Brands, which is a former buyer from the factory, the workers will now be paid in full….
Hansae Haiti
Published: March 6, 2025
In 2025, the WRC’s engagement with buyers secured reinstatement with full back pay for nine workers who were fired in 2022 and 2023 from Hansae Haiti, a garment factory located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The workers were fired for leading or joining protests against poverty wages and their dismissals represented a violation of workers’ right to…
Cintas Offshores Unionbusting to Haiti
Published: August 28, 2025
Leading Uniform Maker Won’t Require Haitian Supplier Factory to Rehire Worker Leaders Despite political chaos, rampant gang violence, and a near total breakdown in the rule of law, Haiti has remained a significant production hub for employee workwear for the US market. This has been due to trade preferences and because the poverty-stricken country has…