On Tuesday, the chief human resources officers of more
than 100 large corporations sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging quick passage of a comprehensive
immigration "reform" bill.
The officials represent companies with a vast array of
business interests: General Electric, The Walt Disney Company, Marriott
International, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, McDonald's
Corporation, The Wendy's Company, Coca-Cola, The Cheesecake Factory, Johnson
& Johnson, Verizon Communications, Hewlett-Packard, General Mills, and many
more.
* H*O*W*E*V*E*R...
[A]t the same time the corporate officers seek higher
numbers of immigrants, both low-skill and high-skill, many of their companies
are laying off thousands of workers.
For example, Hewlett-Packard, whose Executive Vice
President for Human Resources Tracy Keogh signed the letter, laid off 29,000
employees in 2012.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
In August of this year, Cisco Systems, whose Senior Vice
President and Chief Human Resources Officer Kathleen Weslock signed the letter,
announced plans to lay off 4,000 — in addition to 8,000 cut in the last two years.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
United Technologies, whose Senior Vice President of Human
Resources and Organization Elizabeth B. Amato signed the letter, announced
layoffs of 3,000 this year. American Express, whose Chief Human Resources
Officer L. Kevin Cox signed the letter, cut 5,400 jobs this year. Procter &
Gamble, whose Chief Human Resources Officer Mark F. Biegger signed the letter,
announced plans to cut 5,700 jobs in 2012.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
Those are just a few of the layoffs at companies whose
officials signed the letter. A few more:
T-Mobile announced 2,250 layoffs in 2012.
Archer-Daniels-Midland laid off 1,200.
Texas Instruments, nearly 2,000.
Cigna, 1,300.
Verizon sought to cut 1,700 jobs by buyouts and layoffs.
Marriott announced "hundreds" of layoffs this
year.
International Paper has closed plants and laid off
dozens. And General Mills, in what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune called a
"rare mass layoff," laid off 850 people last year.
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
[I]t's fair to say a large number of the corporate
signers of the letter demanding more labor from abroad have actually laid off
workers at home in recent years.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
Together, their actions have a significant effect on the
economy. According to a recent Reuters report, U.S. employers announced 50,462
layoffs in August, up 34% from the previous month and up 57% from August 2012.
* THE OBAMA "RECOVERY" CONTINUES APACE!
"It is difficult to understand how these companies
can feel justified in demanding the importation of cheap labor with a straight
face at a time when tens of millions of Americans are unemployed," writes
the Center for Immigration Studies, which strongly opposes the Senate Gang of
Eight bill and similar measures. "The companies claim the bill is an
'opportunity to level the playing field for U.S. employers' but it is more of
an effort to level the wages of American citizens."
* NO DOUBT.
* AND UNFORTUNATELY... NO... IT'S NOT "DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND" HOW THESE "TRANSNATIONALISTS," THESE "MOVERS
AND SHAKERS," THESE "OLIGARCHS IN TRAINING" CAN DO WHAT THEY DO.
THEY SIMPLY DON'T VIEW THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS AS "SPECIAL" ON ACCOUNT
OF SHARED CITIZENSHIP! BY AND LARGE THESE PEOPLE AREN'T NATIONALISTS. MANY ARE
NO DOUBT "LIBERALS" IN THE SENSE OF BEING DEMOCRAT PARTISANS... BUT
DON'T BRING UP THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO THEM! THEY... DON'T...
CARE! PLUS... HEY... MOST NO DOUBT VIEW THEIR HISPANIC MAIDS AND NANNIES AND
GARDENERS AS "MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY." (SOME POOR SCHMUCK BORN INTO
POVERTY IN APPALACHIA IS JUST SOME POOR SCHMUCK... NOT A "HARD-WORKING
HISPANIC LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE.")
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