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Archive for October, 2012
Mary Jo Lost Her Job at Sensata Because of Bain Capital. She’s Got a Few Words for Mitt Romney
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 at 7:08 pmfrom MoveOn.org
Sensata worker Mary Jo Kerr lost her job due to Bain’s outsourcing to China. She’s got a question for Mitt Romney.
“Global Noise” Protests Against Austerity and Debt Spread Worldwide
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 at 7:48 amOccupy Wall Street targets Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, other economic elite
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Facing the Alternative to Obama
by n0madic, posted on Monday, October 15th, 2012 at 9:18 pmfrom The Nation
After four years, many voters haven’t quite seen the “change” they were hoping for from an Obama presidency. But a Republican takeover of the oval office would mean the reversal of every policy battle progressives have won—from the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to the Affordable Care Act. Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel lays out why voting to keep Obama in office doesn’t mean compromising voter values, but rather preserving the opportunity to keep fighting.
Why isn’t anyone talking about climate change in this election?
by n0madic, posted on Friday, October 12th, 2012 at 10:21 pmfrom Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer (Current TV)
ClimateProgress.org Editor Joe Romm talks to Current TV’s Michael Shure about how the issue of climate change is missing in the presidential campaign, pointing out that President Obama could attack Mitt Romney for opposing a wind energy tax credit.
“It would be great if a member of the media actually asked even one question on what most of us think is the story of the century: which is that we are in the process of ruining this liveable climate of ours.
Sensata Workers & Community Blockade Bain
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 10:16 amfrom The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann (RT)
Debi Kempel of Freeport joins Thom Hartmann. In just over a month – Sensata Technologies in Freeport, Illinois will shut its doors – thanks to Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital and it’s love of outsourcing. But workers at Sensata aren’t going quietly – and are doing all they can to bring attention to Bain Capital’s all out attack on American jobs.
PDA-IL: Gray Panthers and TIFs
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 9:58 amfrom the Progressive Democrats of America-Illinois
Kathryn Pensack of Gray Panthers Chicago speaks on the plans for a TIF forum in Chicago, and the need for TIF reform.
Wal-Mart Workers in 12 States Stage Historic Strikes, Protests Against Workplace Retaliation
by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at 9:57 amfrom Democracy Now!
Wal-Mart workers have launched historic labor protests and strikes across 28 stores in 12 states, the first retail worker strike in the company’s 50-year history. According to organizers, employees are protesting company attempts to “silence and retaliate against workers for speaking out for improvements on the job.” We go to Bentonville, Arkansas, to speak with Mike Compton, a Wal-Mart worker protesting outside the company headquarters today just days after taking part in a successful strike at a Wal-Mart supply warehouse in Elwood, Illinois. We’re also joined by Josh Eidelson, a contributing writer for Salon and In These Times who broke the story of the Wal-Mart store strikes last week.
Bainport Protesters Arrested for Blocking Illinois Factory
by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at 9:46 amfrom Democracy Now!
Police have arrested three people for blocking the removal of equipment from the Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Illinois, to protest a plan by Bain Capital to close the factory and ship their jobs to China. Workers at Sensata have set up an encampment called “Bainport” across the street from the facility to protest plans to close the plant and move operations to China, taking 170 jobs with it. Sensata is owned by Bain Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. We hear from two of the detained protesters: Karri Penniston, 16, whose mother works at Sensata; and Debi Kempel, a Bainport supporter from nearby Pearl City.
NIJWJ Supports Walmart Workers
by VideoNewsService, posted on Monday, October 8th, 2012 at 9:58 pmMembers from several groups came together on October 5th at the Elgin, Illinois Walmart to show their support for striking Walmart workers at Walmart’s largest distribution center at Elwood, near Joliet,Illinois.
