While the political situation in Haiti remains unstable conditions for workers at the country’s newest Free Trade Zone continue on an even keel, if just as volatile. According to reports from Haitian workers rights organisation Batay Ouvriye 34 members of the newly formed union were fired on March the 3rd following a dispute with management. When colleagues of the 34 protested at the dismissals they were allegedly attacked by armed guards. The plant in the north west of the country employees Haitian at a little over a dollar a day to stitch textiles for international concerns; the workers involved in the current dispute were working on orders for Levi Strauss. The Dominican Republic based company responsible for the factory, Grupo M, have in the past been the centre of accusations relating to violation of workers rights and unfair employment practices. As part of the financing deal through IFC the International Confederation of Free Trade unions (ICFTU) negotiated with Grupo M a promise to respect the workers rights to unionise and other rights enshrined in the International Labour Organisation key standards. Grupo M have so far declined to comment on the workers accusations.