Hairytic
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Tom Gaulrapp: My Pain Is Mitt Romney's Gain: My Story as a Sensata Worker
"I've worked at the same factory in Freeport, Ill. for thirty-three years, making sensors and controls for the auto industry. It's tough work, but it pays a living wage with health benefits that folks can count on, and it fuels our town's economy and tax base.
That's been changing since Bain Capital came to town. Two years ago, our factory was sold to Sensata Technologies, a company created by Bain Capital, and they told us that by December 2012, all 170 of our jobs would be shipped to China. They even made us train our Chinese replacements."
These workers have appealed to Romney to speak for them at Bain Capital to stop their jobs from being shipped over to China. Romney holds controling shares at Bain and has a lot of pull there. If he is unwlling to speak up for these workers at Bain, then how can we trust he will speak up for American workers as President?
I think it is very unpatriotic for these big corporations to ship American jobs over to China for more profit.
What do you think?
"I've worked at the same factory in Freeport, Ill. for thirty-three years, making sensors and controls for the auto industry. It's tough work, but it pays a living wage with health benefits that folks can count on, and it fuels our town's economy and tax base.
That's been changing since Bain Capital came to town. Two years ago, our factory was sold to Sensata Technologies, a company created by Bain Capital, and they told us that by December 2012, all 170 of our jobs would be shipped to China. They even made us train our Chinese replacements."
These workers have appealed to Romney to speak for them at Bain Capital to stop their jobs from being shipped over to China. Romney holds controling shares at Bain and has a lot of pull there. If he is unwlling to speak up for these workers at Bain, then how can we trust he will speak up for American workers as President?
I think it is very unpatriotic for these big corporations to ship American jobs over to China for more profit.
What do you think?