New Delhi, April 14 -- More than 1,000 workers organized a protest Monday in Haiti's capital to demand a higher minimum wage as the conflict in Iran deepens, driving up oil prices.

Workers at the state-owned Metropolitan Industrial Park, informally known as Sonapi, gathered outside its gates in Port-au-Prince and shouted, "When we are hungry, we don't mess around!"

Employees noted that they haven't had a raise since 2023, and that they can no longer afford basic goods given that Haiti's government increased diesel prices by 37% and gasoline prices by 29% earlier this month.

"A gallon of gas is higher than our minimum daily wage," said Marc Jean Jean-Pierre, a 47-year-old father of two children.

He works at a factory making jeans, earn...