Anger grows in Illinois at Bain's latest outsourcing plan
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/10/illinois-workers-bain-outsourcing
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The Sensata plant in Freeport is profitable and competitive, but its majority owner, Bain Capital, has decided to ship jobs to China – and forced workers to train their overseas replacementsThe shock of losing a precious job in a town afflicted by high unemployment is always hard. A foundation for a stable family life and secure home instantly disappears, replaced with a future filled with fears over health insurance, missed mortgage payments and the potential for a slip below the breadline.
But for Bonnie Borman – and 170 other men and women in Freeport, Illinois – there is a brutal twist to the torture. Borman, 52, and the other workers of a soon-to-be-shuttered car parts plant are personally training the Chinese workers who will replace them.
It's a surreal experience, they say. For months they have watched their plant being dismantled and shipped to China, piece by piece, as they show teams of Chinese workers how to do the jobs they have dedicated their lives to.
"It's not easy to get up in the morning, training them to do your job so that you can be made unemployed," said Borman, pictured, a mother of three who has worked for 23 years at the Sensata auto sensors plant. ....
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Fuck Mitt rMoney!
- 9 months ago
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Conniepae
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I am relieved Bain Capital doesn't own the company I work for. My deepest sympathy to those who are losing their jobs today, so Bain Capital can make more, more, more.
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