Unions maintain their two days of mobilization on December 1 and 2 against Fils-Aimé

The two days of mobilization on December 1 and 2 remain on the agenda, despite the postponement of the national day planned for October 30. According to Rezo Nòdwès, which is publishing the statement from the public service unions and their allies, the postponement was due to bad weather, which disrupted the organization of that first day.

What the government must do before November 30

The signatories are giving the government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé until November 30, 2026 to respond concretely. Without a satisfactory response, they will organize two days of mobilization across the country. They say they have yet to announce the rest of the December schedule. They are addressing civil servants and workers in all ten departments, as well as the diaspora.

The demands

The unions are calling for seven things:

- withdrawal of the penal notice announcing a 15% tax on employees in the public and private sectors;

- restoration of the fourteenth month of salary for civil servants;

- payment of the State's debts to hospitals, so that insured patients receive proper care;

- an end to insecurity, with open roads, the reopening of the Mayi Gate airport and the return home of displaced people;

- concrete measures against the high cost of living;

- settlement of the issue of salary adjustments and raises;

- full compliance with the January 20, 2025 agreement.

On security, the text states that the country must not enter 2027 in a climate of insecurity. The signatories want Haitians, both in the country and in the diaspora, to be able to travel to their home provinces by January 1, 2027.

The sums owed to OFATMA's service providers

The unions accuse the government of digging in its heels over the 15% tax. They also accuse it of failing to pay what it owes to the operators providing services to OFATMA. According to them, the State only began releasing funds at the fourteenth month, and several companies have still received nothing.

Who is signing

The statement bears the names of leaders of several unions, including those of the police, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, education, transport and court clerks. Garry Jean-Baptiste, SEMSI coordinator, is among them. The text ends with a sentence attributed to Pierre Michel Chéry: "Everyone is human, no one is more human."