Haiti : Wikileaks: Proof of US-backed economic oppression in Haiti.

Haiti: US opposed minimum wage rise, cables show

Sunday, June 12, 2011

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The United States embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levi's,
Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage rise for Haitian
assembly zone workers.

The moves to block a wage rise for the lowest paid in the western hemisphere were revealed
by secret US State Department cables obtained by Haiti Liberte andThe Nation magazine.
The factory owners refused to pay $0.62 an hour, or $5 per eight-hour day, as mandated by
a measure unanimously passed by Haiti’s parliament in June 2009.

The cables, provided by WikiLeaks, show that behind the scenes, factory owners were
vigorously backed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US
embassy.

Before the rise, the minimum daily wage was $1.75 a day. The factory owners told
parliament they were willing to give workers a mere nine cent per hour pay rise — to $0.31
an hour — to make T-shirts, bras and underwear for US clothing giants such as Dockers and
Nautica.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47890

Sweet Mickey is Hell bent on making sure this continues;
 
if you really look at the Haiti disaster.. the entire event was too polished.. the press coverage.. the magazine pictorials.. the entire relief effort had a contrived feeling to it.. it all felf orchestrated.. The US has never cared about Haiti.. but suddenly their was this supposed outpouring of emotion.. CNN on the ground beating the "we are so humane" drum.. all the people of haiti knew was that the earth quaked.. they have no way of knowing why and how.. was it a man-made quake or a natural quake? thats a really good question.. either way, the deployment of troops was suspicious..

peace

That's the first question we should have asked ourselves....'why does america care?' they didn't intervene in the congo. they don't interfere when israelis are gunning down palastenian women and children. Now all of a sudden they care about an uprising in Lybia? No, it is now and always about what they can steal from these nations.....and their favorite source of booty is OIL!

http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804

"American, Britain and France have NEVER forgiven Haiti
for what happened in 1804
and this is why 1804 can be found at the top
of America's Supreme Court Doors" - Bro. Info
 

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