Live Interactive National Podcast with Sensata Workers from the Backbone Campaign
Backbone Campaign brings you to Bainport, IL
Live Interactive National Podcast with Sensata Workers
Sunday November 4th begining at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/backbonebill
Join this special interactive live podcast with the Sensata workers of Bainport. They have been striving for an economy that works for everyone, not just "Vulture Capitalists." This is your opportunity to hear from, ask questions with, and bolster the spirits of some of these courageous workers/warriors.
On Halloween, Vulture Capitalists once again descended upon Bainport to harvest away more jobs. Learn how artful activism by Backbone Campaign, Overpass Light Brigade and others helped amplify the terrific work already being done.
Story of Bainport: Their labor gave Sensata $500 million in profits in the second quarter of 2012. This wasn't enough profit for Bain Capital who bought them and is moving their factory to China. The closing of their factory and the off-shoring of their jobs is an inevitable result of "vulture capitalists'" insatiable hunger for profits without regard for the well-being of others. These workers have rallied with their community with supporters stretching across national borders. They have steadfastly encamped across from what once was their place of work withstanding torrential rains, freezing temperatures, and now no running water. Saturday they could be evicted.
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