Why else would Mitt Romney give a speech today slamming the National Labor Relations Board for reforming the rules governing union elections?
Thanks to the Post and Courier, we learn that Romney's speech today in South Carolina included the following points, written in code to disguise his union-busting intent:
•Romney opposes so-called snap elections, or ambush elections, (NOTE: that's what union-busters call them) for votes on whether a company should unionize. He wants to build in protections that will ensure employers have time to protect their legal rights and talk to workers about the downsides of unions. (NOTE: This is what the conversation goes like: 'You support a union? You're fired.')We all know what this is about. And we have Romney pretty much figured out. This is a guy who ran a private equity firm, Bain & Co., which made money by taking over companies and squeezing them dry.
The youtube video is from 1994, when Romney ran against the late Ted Kennedy for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. Kennedy did a little research into Romney's claim that he'd "created jobs." The video is an ad that Kennedy ran during the campaign. It shows people who worked for a company that Romney took over. He fired all the workers, then rehired them at lower pay. Does that sound like a guy who's concerned about fairness for workers, or does it sound like a guy who's more interested in steamrolling them into working for less money?
