Haiti
Pittsburgh Start-Up That Turns Plastic Into Fabric Gets Investors’ Seal of Approval
Eco-warriors aren't the only people passionate about recycling plastic bottles into fabric. On Tuesday…
Trade Preferences: The ABC’s of GSP, AGOA and HOPE
For the first time in years, Congress is poised to advance legislation updating and extending the unilateral…
Haitian Textile Sector Aims to Attract New Investment
Haiti's Center for the Facilitation of Investments (CFI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoA) with…
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Bill Proposed to Extend Duty-Free Trade Privileges for Haiti
The United States has introduced a bill to Congress to renew and extend the trade privilege programs…
Haiti Raises Minimum Wage for Garment Workers by 12.5%
Haiti has raised the daily minimum wage for its nearly 29,000 garment workers by 12.5% as of May 1…
2014: Global Sourcing to be More Costly as Worldwide Minimum Wages Continue to Rise
It was a year of turmoil and general discontent in the global garment industry where workers and wages were…
Ten Biggest Labor Stories of 2013
After the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factories, the whole world has been introduced to the issue of…
U.S. Sets New Limits On Duty-Free Apparel Imports From Haiti
The U.S. Department of Commerce has set a new twelve-month limit on the number of apparel imports from…
Haitian Garment Workers Angered Over Insufficient Wage Hike
Despite struggles and protests for increased wages, Haitian apparel and textile workers may not be getting…
SJ Guest Editorial Haiti: Hope, Hope and Help
Shortly after the earthquake, I was in the countryside near Port-Au-Prince, trying to arrange help for an…
Twin Reports: Haiti’s Labor Practice Most Exploitive in the World
Ever since Bangladesh drew international scrutiny for its woeful factory safety and labor conditions, there…
Guest Editorial: Haiti, Fusing Commerce & Social Progress
The recent tragedies in Bangladeshi factories have heightened global attention onto the conditions of…
Is Haiti the Future of Compliance?
In the midst of worldwide concerns over garment factory safety and labor conditions, one modern-minded…
Workers’ Wages Shrink as Apparel Industry Grows
A controversial new study concludes that the wages for apparel workers in countries which export clothing to…