Honeywell Lockout as CEO Toured India with Obama

[SHRED]

What a slap in the face.
Another in a series from Obama.

"We've been forced out of our jobs for the past 20 weeks and watched unskilled scabs brought in by this company steal our jobs, cheating our families out of income that puts food on the dinner table and pays the mortgage. It strikes me as a poor choice for Honeywell's CEO David Cote to be accompanying President Obama on a mission to India for promoting American jobs and exports."

Amanpour, Major Media, Ignored Honeywell Lockout as CEO Toured India with Obama
Tuesday
Nov 16, 2010
3:30 pm
By Mike Elk

Noted labor historian Joe Burns has called the lockout of 230 workers at the Honeywell uranium processing facility in Metropolis, Ill., the highest profile ongoing labor dispute in the country right now. Despite this, not a single major news outlet outside of the Huffington Post has covered the story.

Indeed, trusted journalists like ABC's Christine Amanpour refuse to ask Honeywell CEO David Cote questions about his role in the lockout when interviewing him. By letting Honeywell go unchallanged, the White House has been able to reward Honeywell CEO David Cote with a front seat in the Obama White House.

Just last week, President Obama chose to have Honeywell CEO David Cote accompany him on a tour of India designed primarily to ease barriers to outsourcing in India. Obama invited Cote to accompany him touring India despite Cote's status as one of the country's most infamous union busters.

Determined to break unions throughout Honeywell, Cote locked-out union workers at Honeywell's uranium enrichment facility in Metropolis, Ill. Honeywell has since hired poorly trained scabs to operate the facility, which has already resulted in an explosion at the plant.

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[Angry Dragon]

1. I wish I understood Obama's thought process