Haiti: Cointreau union update (Feb 2002)

Report by Haiti Support Group
Published here: 11/02/02

February 2002

Action Alert issued by the Haiti Support Group
One more effort to get Rémy Cointreau to respect union rights in Haiti

The workers’ unions at the Guacimal company in northern Haiti have been trying for over one year to negotiate a reasonable agreement on improved pay and conditions. But the Guacimal management has refused to agree a settlement, and instead has either made derisory offers or sent hired thugs and police to harass union leaders.

Rémy Cointreau, one of the richest and most powerful drinks companies in the world, holds a minor but significant share in the Guacimal company, but it refuses to take responsibility for the denial of Haitian workers’ legitimate rights.

At a meeting in Paris in November 2001, Olivier Charriaud, Cointreau’s international director, promised a representative of the Haitian unions that his company would intervene to resolve the dispute. Two months later, nothing has changed.

Please send the model letter (or your own version if you prefer) to Rémy Cointreau in Paris or New York.

Remember to add your name and address.


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