Haitian sugar cane workers denied pensions in the Dominican Republic

[Disir]

BROOKLYN – Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic are struggling to access their retirement funds after decades of work, according to a new report published last week.

The workers had contributed to their retirement funds in the Dominican Republic through a system linked to an identification card called a ficha, according to the report by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a nonprofit funded by the German government.

Haitian migrant workers without legal status in the Dominican Republic were assigned a ficha by the Sugar State Council, the government agency overseeing the sugar cane industry. Each ficha would register a worker’s contribution to their retirement fund.

Haitian sugar cane workers denied pensions in the Dominican Republic

Sugar cane industry in the Dominican Republic relied on Haitian workers, brought by binational agreements by Haitian and Dominican workers. Now many of those workers can’t access retirement funds, …

haitiantimes.com

I wonder if any of this was addressed when Biden and Harris met with the DR at CARICOM about sugar trade. I mean because this is the crew that is really big right now on human rights, right?

 

[1srelluc]

With a IQ average of 68 I suspect they were easily fooled.

 

[Polishprince]

I think these people should have learned about this BEFORE pursuing a career in the Dominican sugar cane industry.

Bitching and complaining about difficulties in getting a pension after the the work is already done seems to be an exercise in futility.

 

[Disir]

Ok. But, I find it absolutely crazy that we have some 7,000 people headed for our border and the Democratic Party spent an enormous amount of time talking about how several nation-states needed us to pay them to keep their people.

It appears that Biden and Harris were gifted the opportunity to address something vital--definitely human rights. But, did they?

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Ok. But, I find it absolutely crazy that we have some 7,000 people headed for our border and the Democratic Party spent an enormous amount of time talking about how several nation-states needed us to pay them to keep their people.

It appears that Biden and Harris were gifted the opportunity to address something vital--definitely human rights. But, did they?

Can you imagine chopping sugar cane from sun up til down. All of us here should work a Summer internship so we could kiss the ground when we return

 

[Disir]

Can you imagine chopping sugar cane from sun up til down. All of us here should work a Summer internship so we could kiss the ground when we return

I don't want to walk a mile in those shoes. I am glad that I was born here.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

I don't want to walk a mile in those shoes. I am glad that I was born here.

When you look at all the lives you could have been stuck with, this is a paradise.

And if you ever want 3rd world, we have it in Chitcago and LA too

 

[Disir]

When you look at all the lives you could have been stuck with, this is a paradise.

And if you ever want 3rd world, we have it in Chitcago and LA too

I know, right? I love being a US citizen. We have areas all over that are slums but we have not been designated as a sugar plantation.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

I know, right? I love being a US citizen. We have areas all over that are slums but we have not been designated as a sugar plantation.

True. But we have a large swath of Democrapper Plantations though...chuckle...chuckle

 

[Disir]

True. But we have a large swath of Democrapper Plantations though...chuckle...chuckle

We have been headed that way.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

That's unfortunate.

That's disgusting.

However, this happens all too often.

Also--can you imagine the pittance a sugar cane worker would receive in pension?

The evil of man toward man.