September 1, 2012

Bain Capital sending yet more jobs to China

Al Jazeera
September 1, 2012

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But in early 2011, the plant, owned by Honeywell, was bought out by Sensata Technologies - which announced it would be cutting all 165 jobs at the factory by the end of 2012. The jobs are being sent to China. In fact, after Gaulrapp and his colleagues refused to go to China to train their replacements, the Chinese engineers turned up in Illinois to learn how to do their jobs.

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So why was Gaulrapp and a host of his colleagues in Tampa this weekend? Well, Sensata is owned by none other than Bain Capital, the multi-billion dollar venture capital firm started by Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate.

"We passed an open letter round the plant and got the employees to sign it, a letter to Mitt Romney, urging him to come to Freeport and try to help us save our jobs. We sent that to Romney's campaign headquarters, but they denied any knowledge of receiving it."

Attempts to hand-deliver copies of the letter to Romney campaign offices resulted in being locked out and having the police called, he said. Bain offices in Evanston, Illinois, similarly refused to accept a 35,000-strong petition.

Gaulrapp and his colleagues were also ejected from a Romney campaign event in Iowa, with attendees accusing them of "being Communists" - perhaps an ironic charge, given the destination of their jobs.

More: http://aje.me/NIMCaZ

September 1, 2012

Sickening posts in a thread about a tragic death

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021248253#post63

September 1, 2012

March on Wall Street South

There’s just a few days left until the March on Wall Street South mobilization kicks off! See below for a schedule of events and many other updates. You can also find transportation leaving from your area to bring folks to Charlotte!

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Schedule of Events

Saturday, September 1: Festivaliberación begins the mobilization! There are many great workshops being planned, and an amazing concert at night featuring local artists, Jasiri X, and Rebel Diaz. Check out this great video Jasiri X just recorded to help get the word out!

And we’ve got some exciting news: the Undocubus will also be arriving at the festival in the evening and joining us for the march the next day! You won’t want to miss this!

Sunday, September 2: Thousands will flood the streets of Charlotte for the March on Wall Street South, beginning at 11am in Frazier Park. We’ll march together at 1pm to the big banks, and past the sites where the Democratic National Convention will meet during the week. We say: YES to jobs, housing, healthcare, education, the environment, workers rights and justice, NO to wars, cutbacks, racism and bigotry, and deportations.

The main targets of the march include Bank of America’s world headquarters, Wells Fargo’s eastern headquarters, the Time Warner Cable Arena, and the Bank of America Stadium. Additionally, there will be two stops along the route for a peoples’ tribunal and speak out against these banks and corporations. We’ll stop in front of the international headquarters of Bank of America and hear from people who have been directly impacted by home foreclosures, student debt, and BofA’s bankrolling of the private prison system, war, and environmental destruction. Then, we’ll stop in front of the headquarters of Duke Energy. We’ll hear from folks impacted by Duke’s funding of dirty energy, and how Duke funds the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the right-wing bill mill.

More: http://occupywallst.org/