HILLARY’S STATE DEPARTMENT BLOCKED Min Wage Hike For Haiti’s Poorest Citizens To Keep Costs Down For U.S. Owned FactoriesCorporations first Unfortunately, the poor factory worker in Haiti couldn t help Hillary or her campaign Hillary But just ask her, she ll tell you she s always looking out for the little guy! So much for the champion of the factory worker or the champion of the poor In Haiti, people work for peanuts. Slave wages. Less than $5 per day, but they supply the U.S. with tons of affordable clothing from big-name brands like Levi s, Hanes and Polo. Haiti s big advantage, compared to Asia, is their proximity to us, and thousands of Haitians are employed in the textile industry in part because of that. When Haiti passed a wage raise from $.24 per hour to $.61 per hour, American companies were predictably outraged.Enter Hillary s State Department Hillary Clinton colluded with big business to maintain slave wages for workers in one of the world s poorest countries, according to the host of an RT American comedy news show.Comedian and activist Lee Camp of RT s Redacted Tonight mocked Clinton s efforts to  keep 37 cents per hour out of the hands of destitute Haitians. In 2009, while Bill Clinton was setting up one of the family s shell companies in New York, in that same year Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents,  Camp said April 17.  Seriously. Memos from 2008 and 2009 obtained by Wikileaks strongly suggest, but don t prove without a doubt, that the State Department helped block the proposed minimum wage increase. The memos show that U.S. Embassy officials in Haiti clearly opposed the wage hike and met multiple times with factory owners who directly lobbied against it to the Haitian president.The Clinton campaign (as expected) refuted the claim, and the State Department didn t comment.- PolitifactThis took place in 2011, and Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State. Our corporations were successful, and Haitians continued to work for worse slave wages than they otherwise would have, all so U.S. corporations could take home higher profits.At the time, the U.S. Embassy said that the wage increase didn t take economic realities into account, and that it was a move designed specifically to appeal to the unemployed and underpaid masses of Haiti. Imagine that. Imagine trying to help your people have a better life instead of catering to huge corporations at your people s expense. The horror. News.groopspeakHOPE, not changeIn 2011, Wikileaks made nearly 2,000 cables available to the progressive magazine, The Nation, and Haiti Libert , a weekly newspaper in Port-au-Prince.The two media outlets assessed the cables and found, among many other revelations, that the  U.S. 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 increase  for workers in apparel factories.The Wikileaks cables show U.S. Embassy officials began monitoring the minimum wage issue as early as 2008, when the Haitian Parliament began discussing doubling or tripling the daily minimum wage of 70 Haitian gourdes to keep up with inflation. That s roughly equal to $1.75 a day, or about 22 cents per hour.(Some context here: Three quarters of Haitians live on less than $2 a day, according to the United Nations  World Food Program, while garments constitute about 90 percent of Haiti s exports, according to the Guardian. Haiti increased the daily minimum wage to the equivalent of $5.11 in 2014.)But back in 2008 and 2009, embassy officials repeatedly told Washington that a hike would hurt the economy and undermine U.S. trade preference legislation known as HOPE.The program, shorthand for the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006, gives garments manufactured on the island duty free access to U.S. markets. Levi Strauss, Haneswear, Nautica, and Dockers are just some of the American companies that benefit from HOPE. Congress passed HOPE II in 2008, extending the program for another 10 years.In January 2008, Ambassador Janet Sanderson wrote that representatives of the business community   including the man tasked with implementing HOPE   had met with embassy officials and criticized Haitian President Ren  Pr val s efforts to raise the minimum wage as the wrong medicine for the ailing economy.An unsigned embassy cable sent to Washington in December 2008 echoed the private sector s assessment and reported that increasing the minimum wage would  have significant impact  on business.The State Department continued to promote HOPE as an economic boon for the island. In memos prepping U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Clinton for their visits to Haiti, charg  d affaires Thomas Tighe told the diplomats to  urge  the Haitian government take advantage of HOPE and HOPE II.For entire story: Politifact politics
hillary s state department blocked min wage hike for haiti poorest citizens to keep costs down for owned factoriescorporations first unfortunately poor factory worker haiti help hillary campaign hillary but ask tell always looking little guy so much champion factory worker champion poor in haiti people work peanuts slave wages less per day supply tons affordable clothing brands like levi hands polo haiti big advantage compared asia proximity us thousands haitians employed textile industry part when haiti passed wage raise per hour per hour american companies predictable hillary state department hillary clinton collided big business maintain slave wages workers one world poorest countries according host rt american comedy news activist lee camp rt redacted tonight mocked clinton efforts keep cents per hour hands destitute haitians in bill clinton setting one family shell companies new york year hillary clinton state department working corporations pressure haiti raise minimum wage cents hour cents camp said april seriously memos obtained wikileaks strongly suggest prove without doubt state department helped block proposed minimum wage increase the memos show embassy officials haiti clearly opposed wage hike met multiple times factory owners directly lobbied haiti clinton campaign expected refuted claim state department politifactthis took place hillary clinton secretary state our corporations successful haitians continued work worse slave wages otherwise would corporations could take home higher time embassy said wage increase take economic realities account move designed specifically appeal unemployed underpass masses haiti imagine imagine trying help people better life instead catering huge corporations people expense the horror change wikileaks made nearly cables available progressive magazine the nation haiti libert weekly newspaper two media outlets assessed cables found among many revelations embassy haiti worked closely factory owners contracted levi hands fruit loom aggressively block pastry minimum wage increase workers apparel wikileaks cables show embassy officials began monitoring minimum wage issue early haiti parliament began discussing doubling tripping daily minimum wage haiti sources keep inflation that roughly equal day cents per hour some context three quarters haitians live less day according united nations world food program garments constitute percent haiti exports according guardian haiti increased daily minimum wage equivalent but back embassy officials repeatedly told washington hike would hurt economy undermine trade preference legislation known program shorthand haiti hemisphere opportunity partnership encouragement act gives garments manufactured island duty free access markets levi stress haneswear nautical rockers american companies benefit hope congress passed hope ii extending program another january ambassador janet anderson wrote representatives business community including man tasked implementing hope met embassy officials criticized haiti president ren pr val efforts raise minimum wage wrong medicine ailing unsigned embassy cable sent washington december echoed private sector assessment reported increasing minimum wage would significant impact state department continued promote hope economic boon island in memos preparing ambassador susan rice clinton visits haiti charg affaires thomas tight told diplomats urge haiti government take advantage hope hope entire story politifact politics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: HILLARY’S STATE DEPARTMENT BLOCKED Min Wage Hike For Haiti’s Poorest Citizens To Keep Costs Down For U.S. Owned FactoriesCorporations first Unfortunately, the poor factory worker in Haiti couldn t help Hillary or her campaign Hillary But just ask her, she ll tell you she s always looking out for the little guy! So much for the champion of the factory worker or the champion of the poor In Haiti, people work for peanuts. Slave wages. Less than $5 per day, but they supply the U.S. with tons of affordable clothing from big-name brands like Levi s, Hanes and Polo. Haiti s big advantage, compared to Asia, is their proximity to us, and thousands of Haitians are employed in the textile industry in part because of that. When Haiti passed a wage raise from $.24 per hour to $.61 per hour, American companies were predictably outraged.Enter Hillary s State Department Hillary Clinton colluded with big business to maintain slave wages for workers in one of the world s poorest countries, according to the host of an RT American comedy news show.Comedian and activist Lee Camp of RT s Redacted Tonight mocked Clinton s efforts to  keep 37 cents per hour out of the hands of destitute Haitians. In 2009, while Bill Clinton was setting up one of the family s shell companies in New York, in that same year Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents,  Camp said April 17.  Seriously. Memos from 2008 and 2009 obtained by Wikileaks strongly suggest, but don t prove without a doubt, that the State Department helped block the proposed minimum wage increase. The memos show that U.S. Embassy officials in Haiti clearly opposed the wage hike and met multiple times with factory owners who directly lobbied against it to the Haitian president.The Clinton campaign (as expected) refuted the claim, and the State Department didn t comment.- PolitifactThis took place in 2011, and Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State. Our corporations were successful, and Haitians continued to work for worse slave wages than they otherwise would have, all so U.S. corporations could take home higher profits.At the time, the U.S. Embassy said that the wage increase didn t take economic realities into account, and that it was a move designed specifically to appeal to the unemployed and underpaid masses of Haiti. Imagine that. Imagine trying to help your people have a better life instead of catering to huge corporations at your people s expense. The horror. News.groopspeakHOPE, not changeIn 2011, Wikileaks made nearly 2,000 cables available to the progressive magazine, The Nation, and Haiti Libert , a weekly newspaper in Port-au-Prince.The two media outlets assessed the cables and found, among many other revelations, that the  U.S. 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 increase  for workers in apparel factories.The Wikileaks cables show U.S. Embassy officials began monitoring the minimum wage issue as early as 2008, when the Haitian Parliament began discussing doubling or tripling the daily minimum wage of 70 Haitian gourdes to keep up with inflation. That s roughly equal to $1.75 a day, or about 22 cents per hour.(Some context here: Three quarters of Haitians live on less than $2 a day, according to the United Nations  World Food Program, while garments constitute about 90 percent of Haiti s exports, according to the Guardian. Haiti increased the daily minimum wage to the equivalent of $5.11 in 2014.)But back in 2008 and 2009, embassy officials repeatedly told Washington that a hike would hurt the economy and undermine U.S. trade preference legislation known as HOPE.The program, shorthand for the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006, gives garments manufactured on the island duty free access to U.S. markets. Levi Strauss, Haneswear, Nautica, and Dockers are just some of the American companies that benefit from HOPE. Congress passed HOPE II in 2008, extending the program for another 10 years.In January 2008, Ambassador Janet Sanderson wrote that representatives of the business community   including the man tasked with implementing HOPE   had met with embassy officials and criticized Haitian President Ren  Pr val s efforts to raise the minimum wage as the wrong medicine for the ailing economy.An unsigned embassy cable sent to Washington in December 2008 echoed the private sector s assessment and reported that increasing the minimum wage would  have significant impact  on business.The State Department continued to promote HOPE as an economic boon for the island. In memos prepping U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Clinton for their visits to Haiti, charg  d affaires Thomas Tighe told the diplomats to  urge  the Haitian government take advantage of HOPE and HOPE II.For entire story: Politifact politics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: hillary s state department blocked min wage hike for haiti poorest citizens to keep costs down for owned factoriescorporations first unfortunately poor factory worker haiti help hillary campaign hillary but ask tell always looking little guy so much champion factory worker champion poor in haiti people work peanuts slave wages less per day supply tons affordable clothing brands like levi hands polo haiti big advantage compared asia proximity us thousands haitians employed textile industry part when haiti passed wage raise per hour per hour american companies predictable hillary state department hillary clinton collided big business maintain slave wages workers one world poorest countries according host rt american comedy news activist lee camp rt redacted tonight mocked clinton efforts keep cents per hour hands destitute haitians in bill clinton setting one family shell companies new york year hillary clinton state department working corporations pressure haiti raise minimum wage cents hour cents camp said april seriously memos obtained wikileaks strongly suggest prove without doubt state department helped block proposed minimum wage increase the memos show embassy officials haiti clearly opposed wage hike met multiple times factory owners directly lobbied haiti clinton campaign expected refuted claim state department politifactthis took place hillary clinton secretary state our corporations successful haitians continued work worse slave wages otherwise would corporations could take home higher time embassy said wage increase take economic realities account move designed specifically appeal unemployed underpass masses haiti imagine imagine trying help people better life instead catering huge corporations people expense the horror change wikileaks made nearly cables available progressive magazine the nation haiti libert weekly newspaper two media outlets assessed cables found among many revelations embassy haiti worked closely factory owners contracted levi hands fruit loom aggressively block pastry minimum wage increase workers apparel wikileaks cables show embassy officials began monitoring minimum wage issue early haiti parliament began discussing doubling tripping daily minimum wage haiti sources keep inflation that roughly equal day cents per hour some context three quarters haitians live less day according united nations world food program garments constitute percent haiti exports according guardian haiti increased daily minimum wage equivalent but back embassy officials repeatedly told washington hike would hurt economy undermine trade preference legislation known program shorthand haiti hemisphere opportunity partnership encouragement act gives garments manufactured island duty free access markets levi stress haneswear nautical rockers american companies benefit hope congress passed hope ii extending program another january ambassador janet anderson wrote representatives business community including man tasked implementing hope met embassy officials criticized haiti president ren pr val efforts raise minimum wage wrong medicine ailing unsigned embassy cable sent washington december echoed private sector assessment reported increasing minimum wage would significant impact state department continued promote hope economic boon island in memos preparing ambassador susan rice clinton visits haiti charg affaires thomas tight told diplomats urge haiti government take advantage hope hope entire story politifact politics