18294: Esser: Re: 18290: Arthur: Re: 18274 Esser - Apaid (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser torx@joimail.com

[...]
>Charles Arthur writes:
...
>Who has more information about Andre Apaid junior? What is his job, which
>businesses does he run, etc.?
[...]


It is Andre "Andy" Apaid Jr. that is running his family's sweatshops.
See below:


"...The head of the "184" today is **André "Andy" Apaid, Jr.**, also
head of Alpha Industries, one of the oldest and largest assembly
factories in Haiti...."
Haiti Progres November 12, 2003 Vol. 21 No. 35


"...One of the most prominent opposition spokespeople is **Andre
Apaid**, owner of Alpha General Assembly, a textile company with
investments in the Dominican Republic...." The Militant Vol. 68/No.
4  February 2, 2004


Listin Diario has a picture of **Andy Apaid Jr.** together with
Hipolito Mejia the president of the Dominican Republic with the
caption stating that Andre Apaid Jr. is the president of Alpha
General Assembly.
Listin Diario, D.R. July 13 2003

For picture of Andre Apaid Sr.: http://www.haiti-progres.com/2000/sm000223/
For picture of Andre "Andy" Apaid Jr.:
http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/images/pictures/ACF111.jpg

"... The [Haitian] Textile assembly industry is dominated by
companies like..., Alpha General Assembly, ..."  Infomat Fashion
Industry Information Services 2003

"...Three of the main leaders of the Group of 184 are:
**Andre Apaid junior**, a businessman who runs textile assembly
factories employing 4,000 workers, and who allegedly pulled a gun on
union organisers attempting to recruit workers outside one of his
factories;
Charles Henri Baker, a businessman who also runs textile assembly
operations (aka sweatshops), and who is vice-president of the
sweatshop owners group, the Manufacturers' Association of Haiti
(ADIH);..."
No Sweat (UK) anti sweatshop organisationt
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=763

"...ANDY APAID, 52, factory owner Port-au-Prince -- Part of Haiti's
tiny elite, Andy Apaid's family runs several textile mills that
employ more than 4,000 people, making them one of Haiti's largest
employers...."
  Atlanta Journal Constituition January 1 2004: "As
Haiti's anniversary nears, pride runs as deep as despair"