USW's Gerard Says Bain Capital Wants to Silence ‘Bainport’

[OneAngryDemocrat]

Source: ENews Park Forest

Freeport, IL--(ENEWSPF)--October 25, 2012. International President Leo W. Gerard of the United Steelworkers joined MSNBC's Ed Schultz with the latest out of Freeport, Illinois. Executives from Bain Capital made the trip out to Freeport earlier this week to tell the mayor if the protests don't end, they would close the Sensata factory immediately. It's bad enough Bain Capital ships their jobs overseas, now they're trying to crush their first amendment rights.

Read more: http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/latest-local/37783-usws-gerard-says-bain-capital-wants-to-silence-bainport.html

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Bane Capital Bullies!

[SoapBox]

2. DAMN, that Free Speech!

...if only this was Russia or North Korea.

[pscot]

6. The move to China should take care of it.

[gordianot]

3. Sounds like a time for someone to visit 'Bainport' does not have to be Obama.

[tk2kewl]

4. i don't watch tv news other than local... has Bainport had any coverage other than MSNBC?

I've read here that Ed Schultz had been broadcasting from there, but any other networks picking up the story?

[Dubster]

5. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[Panasonic]

7. So let Bain shut it down, and watch the angry mobs ready to burn down Bain and anything it represent

The only option for Bain is to sell Senasta directly to the workers for pennies.

[99th_Monkey]

8. So my gut has been right! Mitt is VERY VULNERABLE ON THE SENSATA FRONT

So now they have figured that out, and are openly & desperately
scrambling to "make it just go away" regardless of who gets hurt or bought
off in the process.

I've been shouting this out for weeks now, OBAMA NEEDS TO PERSONALLY
VISIT THE SENSATA WORKERS, WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND,
ADDRESSED TO THE ILLINOIS RETIREMENT FUND (which O supposedly
has some money in, and which also allegedly has funds in Sensata) ASKING
THEM TO INVEST HIS MONEY ELSEWHERE.

Even if Obama doesn't though, that video ad that just came out on Sensate,
by one of Obama's superPACs (over which "he has no control&quot . It was
devastating. They may just be responding to that, was their wake up call
on how vulnerable Mittens is on Sensata.

One of my posts on this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=279840

BE THERE PRES. OBASMA, WITH THOSE "COMFORTABLE SHOES" YOU TALKED
ABOUT IN '08

[toby jo]

9. Not sure if possible, but what's the potential for a boycott of Bain's products?

I don't know what is being fabbed at the IL plant, nothing people use first hand I believe. We need a run-down on all of Bain's products, like I've seen on Kochs' and P&Gs' products. Maybe there's potential for action there. For their parts production that go to China, what is the final product?