Élie Domota (born in 1963) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

leader from

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

, spokesman of

Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon ''Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon'', or LKP, is an umbrella group of approximately fifty trade unions and social movements in Guadeloupe. It spearheaded the 2009 French Caribbean general strikes, general strike beginning in January 2009. Name The name ...

or LKP (« Movement against exploitation » in creole) and general secretary of the UGTG, the main trade union in Guadeloupe. He was the leading figure in the general strike in Guadeloupe which started on January 20, 2009. Born in Bas-du-Bourg, a poor neighborhood of

Basse-Terre Basse-Terre (, ; ; ) is a communes of the Guadeloupe department, commune in the France, French overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefectures in France, pref ...

, Élie Domota is the third child of a family of six. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a cleaning lady.« Elie Domota, le rouge et le noir »
''

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'', 12 février 2009. He joined the

Young Christian Workers The Young Christian Workers (YCW; ) is an international youth organization founded by the Catholic priest Joseph Cardijn in Belgium as the Young Trade Unionists. The organization adopted its present name in 1924. Is it regarded as the most influent ...

at the age of 14.« Qui est Elie Domota, le leader guadeloupéen ? »
''Politique.net'', 16 février 2009. He studied in

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, where he obtained a DUT of management, before graduating in economic and social management, and in urban planning. He went back to Guadeloupe in 1991 after his studies, and is now deputy head of the ANPE of

Morne-à-l'Eau Morne-à-l'Eau (; ) is a French commune, commune located in the department of Guadeloupe. Events In March or April each year since 1993, the town organises a crab festival which features crab races and many stalls selling crab-based dishes. In ...

. He is married with three children. During the 2009 strikes on the island, he allegedly made repeated called out white minority of the island, warning that employers in Guadeloupe either "implement the agreement or they leave Guadeloupe. We are quite firm on this. We won't let a bunch of white bosses (using the Creole term ''

béké Béké or beke is an Antillean Creole term to describe a descendant of the early European, usually French, settlers in the French Antilles, and more specifically in Martinique. Etymology The origin of the term is unclear, although it is attested t ...

s'', used often to refer to white settlers) re-establish slavery." He also spoke of respect and love for other Caribbean nations stating the same history and the same fight.

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« Pour Elie Domota, "le LKP a vocation à durer" »
''Le Monde'', 28 février 2009 Living people 1963 births Guadeloupean trade unionists {{Guadeloupe-bio-stub

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