Milwaukee CEO Warns Employees Of ‘Personal Consequences’ If Obama Is Re-Elected

[Report1212]

Isn't it time to make this corporate bullying illegal yet?

There is a wave of corporate intimidation going on across the country, where CEOs are telling their employees not to vote for President Obama or other Democrats.

Take this example from Milwaukee today:

Mike White, the chairman and owner of Rite-Hite, a major Milwaukee manufacturer of industrial equipment, told employees in an email this week that all employees “should understand the personal consequences to them of having our tax rates increase dramatically if President Obama is re-elected, forcing taxpayers to fund President Obama’s future deficits and social programs (including Obamacare), which require bigger government.”

The email stunned some employees. One employee said he felt threatened by the email. “It’s a good company, but for this to come out, it’s absurd,” the employee said.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/milwaukee-ceo-warns-employees-of-personal-consequences-if-obama-is-re-elected/

[liberal N proud]

1. These people make me sick

[HughBeaumont]

2. You want a "slippery slope", Thomas Peterffy???

THIS sort of bullshit is the "slippery slope" that eventually leads to Corporate America deciding our vote FOR us! Rather than "worrying about sliding into 'Soshulism'", maybe we should be more vigilant of a kinder, gentler neo-Fascism instead?

They're PISSED that there aren't enough of them to get their way. They're INFURIATED that they can't just outright and blatantly BUY the White House. They're supremely ANGRY that they can't use the military to just take over in a coup, like they tried to in the 30s.

[JHB]

6. Hey, let's make voting easier: vote at your workplace!

That's nice and private, right? And to make things even easier, let's have the employers send in the count!

[drm604]

7. By the way,

you're going to have to put in some overtime on Tuesday.

[HughBeaumont]

9. They'd have piped-in speakers that yell "Hands in view, please!"

[JHB]

3. I confess to being distracted by the owner of a company called "Rite-Hite"...

...putting out a blatant "vote Romney" e-mail.

There are heads banging against desks in the offices of The Onion today. How can they compete?

[Gruenemann]

17. WOW!

They manufacture all the trees in Michigan!

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Let's all hope there will be a big backlash and yes even from republican employees. These are

our precious rights.

[Report1212]

8. And the worst part is...

This is completely legal. Employers have so little restrictions on what they can do to employees in the U.S.

[drm604]

5. This is an organized effort.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/25/1087151/anti-obama-business-group-will-teach-employers-how-to-prepare-your-employees-for-election

The National Federation of Independent Business is offering a seminar next week called “How to Speak With Your Employees About The Importance of the 2012 Elections,” for business owners who haven’t already tried to pressure employees into voting for their preferred candidate. The NFIB, officially nonpartisan, is a notoriously conservative organization that has donated millions to Karl Rove’s American Crossroads GPS Super PAC.
The 2-hour session will be held October 30 in Torrington, CT. The event description says:
Join other business owners and key personnel for an evening of networking and refreshments as part of NFIB’s continuing effort to ensure business owners have the resources to grow their business. Gather at West State Mechanical in Torrington and learn what you can do to prepare your employees for the crucial upcoming election.

They're teaching them how to "prepare" their employees, as if we're roast chickens or something. That wording says a lot about their attitude towards workers.

[SomethingFishy]

10. For some reason this really does not bother me...

CEO's can hem and haw all they want. They can't make you vote for anyone and they sure have no idea who you vote for so they can blather all they want.

I actually think this is a good thing for Obama. I know very few people who think highly of their bosses and their "opinions".

[drm604]

11. It's the patronizing attitude that's upsetting.

Of course, that patronizing attitude may be what causes the whole thing to backfire on the employers.

[postulater]

14. But the boss is likely to use an Obama victory

as an excuse to deny wage and benefit increases.

No, the boss can't watch you vote but can make life difficult for employees while blaming someone else.

It's just a nasty attitude to have to tolerate as an employee.

[Report1212]

16. What if an employee wears an Obama button?

Or posts something on their Facebook about Obama? Koch Industries employees have been scared of being fired for such simple things.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

18. Exactly

No employer knows how you vote unless you tell him or her. It's a campaign tactic, nothing more, nothing less.

[Report1212]

21. They do know if you post on facebook, or wear a campaign button

There's all sorts of doors opened up for intimidation.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. I agree to an extent

Most people hate their boss and their company, and voting for something they don't want is a good way to stick it to them. Still, when you know your boss or company is vindictive.....

But then you have people who don't really vote that suddenly feel compelled to do so by these jackholes.

[jsr]

12. NEXT: CEOs demand employees prove they voted for Romney

[Thrill]

13. Another form of buying votes

[progressivebydesign]

15. These dumbass greedy CEOs. They are concerned about THEIR fortune.. not the company.

Any idiot in business in the past 4 years KNOWS that their business has gotten better, unless they suck at business.

Orders are up, mfg is up, spending is up, consumer confidence is up, housing starts are way up, etc. etc. etc.

These asshole republicans are either the worst fucking business people EVER, or are only concerned about THEIR personal bottom line. Because Bush ran the country into the ground.

These letter BACKFIRE.. as the employees do NOT want to be told what to do. They will not vote for Romney, they will vote to spite their asshole bosses. This actually makes it worse. These people are not children, and you cannot tell them what to do.

[mick063]

20. To any CEO's that attempt to dictate how I vote:

I will smile to your face and agree. I will lie to your face as well as you do to mine.

Then in the privacy of the voting booth, I will vote opposite of what you ask.

Every time.

Why?

"Because you wish it".



Best depicted in a scene from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Kirk: You should take the Vulcan too.
Kruge: No.
Kirk: But why?
Kruge: Because you wish it.