Haitian factory workers protest for higher wages as oil prices surge

Hundreds of factory workers protested Tuesday in Haiti’s capital, demanding a higher minimum wage as the conflict in Iran deepens and drives up oil prices across the globe.

It was the second straight day that employees at the state-owned Metropolitan Industrial Park in Port-au-Prince gathered to shout: “When we are hungry, we don’t mess around!”

Factory workers currently earn 685 Haitian gourdes – just over five dollars – per…