00:00Hundreds of factory workers protested in Haiti's capital on Tuesday,
00:04demanding a higher minimum wage as ongoing conflict in Iran intensifies pushing oil prices up.
00:11This was the second day that workers at the state-owned Metropolitan Industrial Park
00:16and formerly called Sonapi gathered in poor friends chanting,
00:20When we are hungry, we don't mess around.
00:25I am here because we are getting paid $5.
00:28I cannot live on this.
00:30The price of fuel has gone up and I am paying more for transportation.
00:34They never adjust our salaries and we are hurting.
00:37I get paid on Friday and by Saturday I am already borrowing money.
00:41We are demanding a minimum wage of $22.
00:45Workers claim they haven't received a pay rise since 2023
00:49and earn an equivalent of $5.2 while a gallon of gasoline costs around $6.49.
00:56This is the second day we demand the government to lower oil prices and raise minimum wage.
01:02We also need social support.
01:04Haiti is experiencing the brunt of rising oil prices stemming from the conflict in Iran
01:10with experts warning that this will further aggravate a spiraling humanitarian crisis.
01:15Thank you, gentlemen.
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