Romney won't care. He's still heavily invested in Bain Capital, as his recent tax return showed. He's probably in favor of eliminating those jobs.
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Yeah Bain Capital, is this Good for America
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Freeport Jobs To Be Outsourced At Bain Capital Company, Employees Want Romney To Step In
In response to more than 170 impending layoffs at Sensata Technologies, a Bain Capital-owned plant slated to be outsourced, a collection of community, religious, and labor leaders have promised to ban together and fight back to save the Freeport jobs.
“When I found out that my job was going to be shipped overseas to China ... at first I was angry, now just five or six months away from unemployment, I’m scared,” said Cheryl Randecker, a Sensata employee who has worked at the plant for 33 years. “As a single mother, I don’t just worry about myself, I actually worry about my daughter."
In early 2011, Sensata, a maker of sensors and controls that are used in aircraft, automobiles, and electric motors, announced it would be relocating the jobs in Freeport to China and closing the local plant. Normal operations have continued following the announcement, but hundreds of jobs are being phased out gradually and final layoffs are set to occur just before the holidays in December.
On a conference call Thursday, Randecker was joined by more than 10 community leaders and activists in a pledge to fight the impending layoffs.
“When I found out that I was losing my job I realized I couldn’t support my daughter’s education,” said Randecker on the conference call. “After working hard for so many years and giving so much to my job, I should be able to give my daughter a good education ... I don’t even know how I’m going to make my house payments and pay my bills.”
Randecker and her fellow employees are currently training their Chinese replacements, who have been flown to Illinois by the company, a process she says is “challenging.”
“We know now from a couple decades of experience how fully destructive outsourcing is, it’s creating a race to the bottom, it’s driving out wages and working conditions for workers all over this country, it’s leaving communities absolutely devastated and that’s what’s going to happen here if this proceeds,” said Carl Rosen, president of District 11 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, on the conference all. “We frankly don’t know what Bain Capital is thinking.”
With a population less than 30,000, Freeport’s unemployment rate, at 10.4 percent in March, is more than the national average of 8.2 percent in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“When a company like Sensata chooses to lay off workers and put profits over people, it’s inexcusable,” said Katelyn Johnson, executive director of Action Now, on the conference call. “Now more than ever we need good jobs in our communities, if Sensata follows through with it’s plan to lay off more than 170 workers it would devastate not just the families of the laid off workers, but the entire community of Freeport.”
In 1984 former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, presumptive nominee in 2012’s presidential election, helped found Bain Capital, and for nearly 15 years he was actively involved in running the private equity firm that owns Sensata Technologies.
Many of the people supporting Sensata workers have directed their fight to Romney. On Thursday’s conference call, Randecker asked the community leaders and organizations to sign a letter that will be sent to Romney, asking him to help save Illinois’ jobs. On June 18, while Romney was campaigning in Wisconsin, Randecker and more than a dozen of her fellow Sensata employees staged a protest urging Romney to visit Freeport to see firsthand the effects of outsourcing.
“If candidate Romney’s campaign promise is ‘creating jobs first,’ then let’s see if he can walk that talk. Part of creating good jobs in America is keeping the good jobs we already have,” said William McNary co-director of Citizen Action/Illinois, on the conference call. “Citizen Action joins the Sensata workers in calling on candidate Romney to step in and save the jobs of our sisters and brothers in Freeport and stop these good jobs from being shipped overseas to China.”
In addition to targeting Romney, this month’s Sensata rally also saw a petition being passed around, urging Congress to pass the Bring Jobs Home Act, which offers incentives for businesses to stay in the U.S. Randecker said the next rally for Sensata employees will occur on July 8 in Freeport.
Sensata Technologies’ officials were unavailable for comment.
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Diane 2012/06/30 22:02:25
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The company is not in financial trouble, they are profitable what this is about is greed.
CalsonicKansie moved to Mexico for the same reason. They tried to get me to move to Texas so that I could continue my employment.
Allergan moved much of its operations to Puerto Rico for the same reasons. They moved the molding operation to Texas to get out of California.
ITT Canon same thing. I worked for all these Companies and was part of their management. I sat in the meeting when they discussed the planned moves.
If you are a farmer there are 10,720 pages of regulation. These do not include state and local regulation.
http://lubbockonline.com/stor...
Fortunately Congress passed a bill to stop the EPA on that one
Chemical use and cleaning.. At one time we use alkaline for cleaning then used vinegar to bring it down to a PH of 7 then it went in too a settling tank. Then they decided they di not want use to do that so they had us change to using recoverable solvents. Then the morons change that to spray solvent. That was crazy. This was putting the solvent right into the air. We put more into the air with one can than we did in a month with the tank of solvents. The solvent in the tank was covered after use and had a refrigeration band that ran around the top and a rim that took it back to tank. Then they started penalizing us for using the cans of solvent charging us $27.50 per a case. The other thing was the solvent tank was taken out by a service every couple of month and the reclaimed the solvent and separated the oils and grease. We use to use the cans for a quick cleanup at the press. Neutralizing the Alkaline with a mild acid and diluting it with water was the safest process. The second best was the solvent tank. I have know idea as to wh...
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Fortunately Congress passed a bill to stop the EPA on that one
Chemical use and cleaning.. At one time we use alkaline for cleaning then used vinegar to bring it down to a PH of 7 then it went in too a settling tank. Then they decided they di not want use to do that so they had us change to using recoverable solvents. Then the morons change that to spray solvent. That was crazy. This was putting the solvent right into the air. We put more into the air with one can than we did in a month with the tank of solvents. The solvent in the tank was covered after use and had a refrigeration band that ran around the top and a rim that took it back to tank. Then they started penalizing us for using the cans of solvent charging us $27.50 per a case. The other thing was the solvent tank was taken out by a service every couple of month and the reclaimed the solvent and separated the oils and grease. We use to use the cans for a quick cleanup at the press. Neutralizing the Alkaline with a mild acid and diluting it with water was the safest process. The second best was the solvent tank. I have know idea as to what they are doing now with the process. I tried to use hot soapy water which did not do the job and the company shut the operation down and shipped it to Mexico. We could no longer keep up with the manufacturing need here.
You really need to get off of sites that have a slanted bent to them, you fail, now how about showing us one that was passed and pushed by the Obama administration.
House blocks nonexistent rule on farm dust:
WASHINGTON—The House has passed a bill to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from cracking down on farm dust, even though the agency says it has no plans to regulate that pollution.
The idea that farm dust could be regulated has proved a popular topic on the campaign trail, riding a wave of anti-regulation sentiment. Republicans and some Democrats have told farm-state audiences that the EPA is considering a crackdown on farms, even though the agency issued a public statement in October calling that a "myth."
Environmental Protection Agency officials have said repeatedly that they won't propose new regulations to limit dust stirred up by farm equipment. But sponsors say the bill -- which passed 268-150, with the support of 33 Democrats -- will give more certainty to the agriculture industry and ward off potential lawsuits over t...
You really need to get off of sites that have a slanted bent to them, you fail, now how about showing us one that was passed and pushed by the Obama administration.
House blocks nonexistent rule on farm dust:
WASHINGTON—The House has passed a bill to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from cracking down on farm dust, even though the agency says it has no plans to regulate that pollution.
The idea that farm dust could be regulated has proved a popular topic on the campaign trail, riding a wave of anti-regulation sentiment. Republicans and some Democrats have told farm-state audiences that the EPA is considering a crackdown on farms, even though the agency issued a public statement in October calling that a "myth."
Environmental Protection Agency officials have said repeatedly that they won't propose new regulations to limit dust stirred up by farm equipment. But sponsors say the bill -- which passed 268-150, with the support of 33 Democrats -- will give more certainty to the agriculture industry and ward off potential lawsuits over the dust.
The House GOP has pushed a host of measures this year aimed at weakening, delaying or scrapping environmental regulations, saying they view them as job killers.
"This bill is a strong step in the right direction to reduce regulatory uncertainty," said South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem, the Republican sponsor of the farm dust legislation. She added that the EPA's words "are empty promises until we back them up with real action."
Other Republican supporters of the bill appeared to completely ignore the EPA's statements that there will be no new regulations.
"Where's the EPA going to be next, checking under my bed for dust bunnies?" asked Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas. "The EPA's regulations on this are the height of overreach."
Democratic opponents said the bill is a waste of time and written so broadly that it could go beyond just preventing farm dust, exempting mine operations and other industrial activities as well.
"It's not really about farms at all," said California Rep. Henry Waxman, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama will veto the bill if it comes to his desk. An administration policy statement said the "ambiguously written bill would create high levels of regulatory uncertainty regarding emission control requirements that have been in place for years."
The statement added that the legislation "purports to address a problem that does not exist."
The bill is not expected to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The dust flap dates back several years, to when Republican President George W. Bush's EPA proposed regulating rural and urban areas more equally when it comes to "coarse particulate matter" -- or soot -- in the air. Farms could fall under the tighter restrictions. Farm groups challenged that in court, and a federal appeals court ruled in February 2009 that the EPA had already provided the evidence necessary to determine farm dust "likely is not safe."
Obama's EPA initially defended that decision. An EPA spokeswoman said after the ruling that regardless of whether someone lives in a rural or urban area, the threshold for unsafe levels of dust in the air should remain consistent nationally. But later, Jackson said the agency was unlikely to single out farm dust.
Under current rules, states are tasked with making sure that their levels of particulate matter in the air are below certain levels. Farm groups have worried, however, that their pollution -- dust kicked up behind a combine, for example -- would be targeted separately.
"Cattlemen and women worried about being fined for moving cattle, tilling a field or even driving down a dirt road should rest assured knowing that will not be allowed to happen on our watch," National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Bill Donald said in a statement after the vote.
One major farm group called the bill a waste of time, however. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said misinformation spreading across the country has created unnecessary concern for farm country.
"Congress should stop politicizing this issue and move on to passing meaningful legislation to help farmers, ranchers and rural communities," Johnson said
http://www.boston.com/news/na...
Next one please
The EPA were talking about it and yes the house passed a bill to head them off and it was not a myth as they have said. Yes many of there regulation are job killers. They are still talking about dust and particulate matter from certain farm operation. Do you not understand how stupid this is? The morons have even been have conversation on curbing flatulence from cattle. Give me a break already.
Why do you think that many molding jobs are now done in other countries. Especially die casting. Many plating operation are disappearing because of regulation.
"Why does many any molding jobs are now done in other countries. Especially die casting. Many plating operation are disappearing because of regulation."
Because you can pay them a 1.50 an hour with no benefits and pollute all you want that is why.
Those jobs went away because of over regulation. Die casting is a very dirty and hot operation. Plating you are exposed to lots of vapors and you are dressed in lots of protective gear made of rubber. They drove up the cost by making companies add scrubbers and started fining companies for the fumes that were coming out of the operation. They really put the pressure on larger companies that had plating operation.
Under Bush and Obama. The EPA has even got tougher under Obama.
This is why we have 33 coal fired generating plants scheduled to close this year and no way to make up the loss.
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Now onto your coal powered plants, http://www.sourcewatch.org/in...
I already no about the coal one. The conversion will not happen to the 33 plants that I mentioned. There would have been more plants but some of them were able to convert to natural gas. This is still not going to help the energy that will be lost in areas where they are already having blackout and brownouts. We need these coal fired plants until they can be modernized or replaced. They requirement to eliminate CO2's is crazy as China is building a coal fired plant per a week on average. Yet the UN is not putting pressure on them nor India. Plus many of those plants are not as clean as ours. They use the excuse as they are developing counties. We need cheap energy if we are going to remain a productive county and we need to tell the UN and The EPA to go to H.
You want to compensate for it replant our forests. Any way I am going to bed.
You have a great morning!!
And we can get to those standards if we wanted to, but the sad fact is we don't want to, or should i say those who would rape our environment for profit does not want to. It comes down to this, and this is the last time i am going to comment on it. Do we want to continue polluting the very thing that keeps us alive, or are we willing to sell the future of our planet to the highest bidder?
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Thank s for the article.
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Just because there are regulations doesn't mean they are ALL bad regulations. You are repeating that mantra, but you need to be specific about which ones need to be abolished. I know that the EPA saved my well from being further polluted by the scumbag up the hill from me who was illegally dumping chemicals. I know I still have to be careful about eating too many trout that I catch from my local creeks due to past pollution by scumbag business owners. The business community brought this on themselves.
Having regulations in place doesn't mean that these businesses were "forced" to outsource jobs. They just chose to. Like I said, there are lots of people who still manufacture goods right here at home, and still make a good buck.
Glaxo violated the FDA regulation. We are mainly talking EPA regulation.
I never said that all regulation are bad. I remember when Hospitals use to dump there chemicals and pieces from surgery down the drain in the 50's. Buy the 60's this was all cleaned up. It was the mid 60's before they said that the fish in the Ohio river was safe to eat. Every company that I have ever worked for were very careful about their environment. ITT even add smog-hogs to clean the air in their molding, die cast and plating operations back in the mid 70's. What these did was remove particulate matter from the air. It collected them at the ceiling of the operation. This was not adequate by the 90's per the EPA and California. So these jobs went away to Mexico and some to other states. A smog-hog was a static air cleaner and filtration system. Now when these jobs left it was hundreds of jobs lost just in that one company. I was working in management so I have personal knowledge of what was going on. There was no way to conduct those operation with the standard that were set at that time and they are even stricter now.
The EPA is fining refineries for not using a non existent additive.
http://moonbattery.com/?p=13197
Yes you are...
Glaxo violated the FDA regulation. We are mainly talking EPA regulation.
I never said that all regulation are bad. I remember when Hospitals use to dump there chemicals and pieces from surgery down the drain in the 50's. Buy the 60's this was all cleaned up. It was the mid 60's before they said that the fish in the Ohio river was safe to eat. Every company that I have ever worked for were very careful about their environment. ITT even add smog-hogs to clean the air in their molding, die cast and plating operations back in the mid 70's. What these did was remove particulate matter from the air. It collected them at the ceiling of the operation. This was not adequate by the 90's per the EPA and California. So these jobs went away to Mexico and some to other states. A smog-hog was a static air cleaner and filtration system. Now when these jobs left it was hundreds of jobs lost just in that one company. I was working in management so I have personal knowledge of what was going on. There was no way to conduct those operation with the standard that were set at that time and they are even stricter now.
The EPA is fining refineries for not using a non existent additive.
http://moonbattery.com/?p=13197
Yes you are going to have bad actors out there and the EPA serves a purpose. I am not one of those who wants them to go away. I want them to only do what Congress has told them to do and not make their own regulations.
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It is not just regulations that have driven jobs off shore it is taxes and labor cost of course. The other problem that companies are running into is that to many are college grads, but have no skills. We need a skilled workers and they are not being taught skills.
Again thank you. I am going to do some research on this subject.