Haiti raises minimum wage for apparel workers

By Trenton Daniel

Published May 5, 2014 11:17pm ET

Haiti raises minimum wage for apparel workers — FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2006 file photo, Cylette Senatus, center, assembles a zipper on an athletic jacket, alongside dozens of other skilled seamstresses, at the AG Textile factory, in Port au Prince. Haiti raised slightly its minimum wage for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in the country's apparel factories. President Michel Martelly, his prime minister and a Cabinet member who oversees labor conditions signed the 12.5 percent increase into law. It took effect Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) | BRENNAN LINSLEY

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti raised slightly its minimum wage for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in the country’s apparel factories.

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