PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC—The federal government has signed an settlement with commerce unions representing academics in Haiti, formally ending an indefinite strike that started on January 13 and paralyzed public faculties.
Prime Minister Alix Didier Aimé led a authorities delegation that included Training Minister Antoine Augustin and Financial system Minister Alfred Mettelus in Monday’s talks with the unions, leading to a consensus on a number of issues.
In keeping with a press release issued following the talks, the federal government has dedicated to persevering with and strengthening the steps being taken to regularise, as quickly as potential, the scenario of academics working with out pay or with no letter of appointment and to course of recordsdata referring to wage arrears owed to the academics.
As well as, from February, academics and workers on the Ministry of Nationwide Training and Vocational Coaching ( MENFP) will likely be supplied with a debit card for 15,000 Gourdes (one Gourde = US$0.007 cents).
The federal government has additionally dedicated to working intently with state companies to revive public insurance coverage protection for academics and different Ministry workers and to partnering with the Nationwide Faculty Canteen Programme to ensure a sizzling meal for college students and different stakeholders.
There’s additionally a dedication to ascertain a Joint Fee to look at the scenario of main and secondary faculty academics.
Along with these rapid commitments, the federal government and the unions have agreed to proceed discussions inside a strengthened social dialogue framework.
The assertion stated the target is to achieve an enduring memorandum of understanding that may resolve the structural issues of the schooling sector, together with the adjustment and harmonization of salaries and the development of working situations.