ABikerSailor
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It seems that yet another problem has cropped up for the Romney campaign. There is a company in Freeport IL that makes car sensors and they are shipping the whole company to China.
Not only did Bain Capitol (which owns 51 percent of the company) ship the jobs overseas, but, they also had the US workers train the Chinese workers for 10 days, of which during that time the U.S. flag was not flown on company grounds for fear of offending the visiting Chinese workers. Romney's share of the sale of Sensata to China? About 8 million.
Oh yeah...................Sensata has posted good profits (last quarter was a record profit quarter), yet they are selling the company to China.
Protesting workers say Sensata threatens to close Illinois plant early - The Sun Chronicle : Local News: sun chronicle ma, attleboro sun, sun chronicle local news, the sun chronicle, thesunchronicle
Not only did Bain Capitol (which owns 51 percent of the company) ship the jobs overseas, but, they also had the US workers train the Chinese workers for 10 days, of which during that time the U.S. flag was not flown on company grounds for fear of offending the visiting Chinese workers. Romney's share of the sale of Sensata to China? About 8 million.
Oh yeah...................Sensata has posted good profits (last quarter was a record profit quarter), yet they are selling the company to China.
ATTLEBORO - Workers at the Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Ill., seeking to stop their jobs from being shipped to China say the company has threatened to shut down the factory immediately if they don't end protests at the plant.
Sensata employees filed two unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board Wednesday alleging that the company relayed a message through Freeport police that they would shut down the plant earlier than the planned December closing if they didn't stop their protests, which have included attempting to block trucks leaving the factory.
The Freeport plant, which until recently employed about 170 workers, has become an issue in the presidential election campaign because Sensata is partly owned by Bain Capital, a company once led by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Romney had left Bain by the time it bought a stake in Sensata.
Freeport workers recently visited Attleboro's Sensata headquarters in a vain attempt to meet with CEO Tom Wroe over the shutdown.
A total of nine people have been arrested at the Illinois plant so far, according to news reports.
Wednesday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and about a dozen others were arrested during protests, bringing to more than 20 the number of arrests since the demonstrations began.
Sensata officials did not return a phone call or an email message Wednesday seeking comment.
Protesting workers say Sensata threatens to close Illinois plant early - The Sun Chronicle : Local News: sun chronicle ma, attleboro sun, sun chronicle local news, the sun chronicle, thesunchronicle