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RICKAMAVEN
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13 years ago

Bain-owned Sensata Charged with Labor Violations for Threatening, Retaliating Against Employees

NLRB Charges Filed as Company Threatens to Shut Down Plant Early if Protests Continue

Freeport, IL – Unfair labor practice charges against Sensata Technologies were filed with the
National Labor Relations Board this morning after the Bain-owned company threatened to shut
their Freeport plant down immediately if its employees continued to organize to stop the
outsourcing of their jobs to China.

The Sensata Police to relay a message to employees that they would close the
factory earlier than planned if employees continued to protest at the plant. The plant
is scheduled to be shut down in December, with the jobs and equipment shipped to a
new plant in China.

“Not only are they shipping our jobs to China, they are also trying to take away our
rights as American workers,” said Joanne Penniston. “We are not going to be intimidated.
We are going to stand up for our rights and our jobs.”

Nine people have been arrested for protesting at the plant so far, and the protests show
no sign of slowing down. Rev. Jesse Jackson will be joined by religious and labor leaders for
another protest at the plant later today.

Two charges were filed with the NLRB today. The first charge was for “increasing security
and announcing a new policy, or a previously unenforced policy, prohibiting off-duty employees
from entering work areas at non-work times, in response to and in retaliation for employees
engaging in protected concerted activity,” while the second charge was for threatening to
shut the plant down.

The charges come after the Sensata plant in Freeport had been shut down for the weekend
in the face of growing protests and national attention. MSNBC’s The Ed Show broadcasted live
from the Bainport camp across from the plant on Friday night in front of a crowd of hundreds,
while CNN reported live from the camp three times last week.

Sensata has emerged as a flashpoint in the controversy over Mitt Romney’s ties to China
this fall. Sensata workers have pleaded publicly with Romney to help save their jobs from
being outsourced to China. Not only does Romney stand to profit from the outsourcing of
these jobs through the stock he still owns in the company, his 2011 tax returns show that
he got a huge tax break by moving Sensata stock to a charity organization he controls—
and that he continues to profit from Bain’s offshore holdings and tax avoidance strategies.

Three community supporters were arrested earlier in the month for blocking trucks from
removing equipment that was on its way to China. Six were arrested as the Sensata workers
tried to deliver a petition to the plant manager last week as part of their effort to win a full
and fair severance. Workers who have been at the plant for 20, 30 and even 40-plus years
are only getting 26 weeks’ pay as a severance from Bain-owned Sensata.
Posted 2 days ago
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sd72
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13 years ago

Yup. There's Romney to help the middle class.

bloody spaniard
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13 years ago

Yeah, but the rest of us are eating dirt & living paycheck to paycheck under Obama. After 4 years, his ideas haven't worked. In fact, they're getting progressively WORSE. It may be too late but he HAS to go.

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

Yup. There's Romney to help the middle class.

sd72 wrote:

What did President Obama know and when?! Why has he forsaken these people?

sd72
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13 years ago

Obama will bail out the companies these people owe money too, then let them hit the streets. As usual.

There's no winners here. Who will F U the least per your tax bracket is it. Pick one.

DadZilla3
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13 years ago

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

Where is Chris Mathews when you really need him?

bloody spaniard
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13 years ago

^ Having his herpes tingling treated w/acyclovir?

I suspect Obama will not give a damn once he's re-elected. In fact, rumor has it he plans on implementing additional world taxation by way of UN treaties. He'll bring "arrogant America" down to everyone's eye level one way or another.

I have several, adjunct, long-term business ventures which we will feverishly launch in 2013. Hopefully they will provide some relief. If not, back to the drawing board.
I fear that most folks in non-government jobs don't have that option. Food stamps, welfare, and/or unemployment will be their golden parachute.

DrafterX
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13 years ago

no cheese..?? 😕

bloody spaniard
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13 years ago

no cheese..?? 😕

DrafterX wrote:

Soylent green fondue? Yum

DrafterX
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13 years ago

#10

does it have electrolytes..?? 😕

lgops
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13 years ago

#11

It has peoples, thats good enough for me!

tailgater
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13 years ago

#12

This article is not the smoking gun that Rick thinks.
It doesn't state WHY the plant is being shut down. It just states that people are upset and protesting about it.

So where is the news here, or at least how is this truly a negative on Romney?

Brewha
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13 years ago

#13

Govmut cheese . . . . . .
IS PEOPLE!!!

jackconrad
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13 years ago

#14

Um Romney hasn't worked there in like a Decade or so/.. Is Obama responsible for anything Indonesia does/ By the way Obama is involved in a conspiracy that has shamed this Nation Once again.If elected he will be a total Lame Duck defending himself in hearings and probably forced to resign. Meanwhile the country will denegrate even further into Oblivion. So i really don't care about piddly squat crap that cheap shot Liberals keep making up about Romney . OBAMA MUST AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF IN A CONVENIENT FASHION ON NOV 6th..

DrafterX
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13 years ago

#15

Meanwhile, Obamaphones are hitting the streets in record numbers.... 😟

Whistlebritches
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13 years ago

#16

Rick

Couple or 3 questions for you.

1.When was Romney last associated with Bain......and was he ever linked to Sensata specifically at all?

2.Is this just more of the LEFT's "stir the pot" jounalism because their boy has no positive record to run on?

3.What fuqqing planet do you post from??????????????????

Ron

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Brewha
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13 years ago

#17

Meanwhile, Obamaphones are hitting the streets in record numbers.... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

If so, where is my iPhone 5 upgrade?

DadZilla3
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13 years ago

#18

If so, where is my iPhone 5 upgrade?

Brewha wrote:

Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but if you work, pay taxes, and aren't a member of a special interest group you're way near the bottom of the government largess list.

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RICKAMAVEN
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13 years ago

#19

tailgater

CAN YOU SPELL CHINA WHERE THE LABOR IS CHEAP AND THERE ARE NETS
ON THE WINDOWS OF FACTORIES BECAUSE WORKERS WERE JUMPING TO
THEIR DEATH BECAUSE OF WORKINGCONDITIONS AND LACK OF DECENT WAGES.

I BELIEVE ROMNEY HAS A FACTORY OR TWO THERE.

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jackconrad

HE NEVER WORKED AT BAIN
HE NEVER WAS FOR ABORTION RIGHTS
HE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST

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Whistlebritches

1 AND 2 SEE MY RESPONSE TO JACK 3 THE REALITY PLANET

where all the women are strong,
all the men are good looking,
and all the children are above average

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jackconrad

DON'T YOU EVER FEEL EMBARRASSED WHEN YOU READ THE NONSENSE YOU
WRITE.

Is Obama responsible for anything Indonesia does/ By the way Obama is involved in a
conspiracy that has shamed this Nation

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. HAVE YOU GONE OVER THE EDGE

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sd72
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13 years ago

#20

If he's not with Bain, why does he still receive money from them?

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