Haitians currently working for the Vietnamese owned Natcom Telephone Company feel cheated and are asking management to go to the negotiating table so that they can come up with a better deal. The company intends to give the "pink slip" to many Haitian workers who have been working there since the company was called TELECo and owned by the Haitian government.

Since the company has been sold to Natcom Telephone Company, things do not look the same any more and the demands and the stress imposed on the workers are no longer the same. Many employees of the new Natcom Telephone Company have been complaining about lack of respect and support accorded to them.

Is this the case of privatization imposing tougher obligation or a foreign company trying to take advantage of the Haitian population?

What ever the reality is, as it is now, the Haitian workers are on strike. They have been affecting production at several locations in Haiti, including Delma, Cap-Haitian, Cayes and Mirebalais.

As you may remember, the Vietnamese  telecommunications company, Viettel, had a deal with the Haitian government where they agreed to purchase 60 percent of Telecommunications D'Haiti, known as TELECO. The Haitian government would maintain 40 percent.


QUESTION:

Did Viettel know what they were getting into when they purchased 60 percent of TELECO?

Should the Haitian workers continue to strike until they get a better deal from Natcom Telephone Company


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