Trade Union Rights and Human Rights in Post-Earthquake Haiti: Public forum in Vancouver with Dukens Raphael, General Secretary of the Federation of Public and Private Sector Unions of Haiti
by Haiti Solidarity
Twenty
one months following the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010,
reconstruction in Haiti is still at an early stage. Close to one million
people are living in survivor camps or have moved back into severely
damaged homes. A cholera epidemic that broke out in October 2010 has
killed more than 6,500 people and remains a deadly threat.
Increasing
numbers of Haitians are calling for an orderly withdrawal from the
country of the large, international police and military force of the UN
Security Council known as MINUSTAH.
Dukens Raphael of the
Federation of Public and Private Sector Workers of Haiti (CTSP) will
report on the goals and principles that trade unions in Haiti believe
should guide the relief and reconstruction effort. He is the Secretary
General of the Conféderation des syndicats des secteurs public et privé
en Haïti (CTSP). The CTSP has received generous and vital support from
national unions in Canada, including CUPE and PSAC.
He is a guest to the
national convention of CUPE
taking place this week in Vancouver.
Thursday, November 3, 7 pm
At the Empire Landmark Hotel, 1400 Robson St., Vancouver BC
Organized
by: Haiti Solidarity BC. Endorsed by: International Solidarity
Committee, Canadian Union of Public Employees, BC Division;
UNITE-HERE Local 40.
Latest News Reports From Haiti, as of Oct 31, 2011:
You will find the following news reports on the website of the Canada Haiti Action Network :
* Health Conditions Declining Sharply in Haiti's Earthquake Survivor Camps and Beyond, Agencies Warn, by Roger Annis
* Haitians Train for a Future With a Military
(Michel Martelly and his interantional backers are hoping to
re-establish a national army in Haiti. In 1995, then-President Jean
Bertrand Aristide abolished this hated and rights-violating
institution.)
* Reflections on a School of the Americas Watch Delegation to Haiti Becca Polk of School of the Americas Watch in the U.S. reports on a visit of a delegation to Haiti in October.
* Human Waste to Revive Haitian Farmland? National Geographic reports on a bold and imaginative project tackling Haiti's critical public sanitation issue.
