In February 2009 President Obama told Americans that Caterpillar would be able to rehire some of the employees in Illinois who were just laid off. Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens immediately refuted the claim.
Wrong again.
Caterpillar announced this week that they will hire 1,400 employees starting in January for a new plant near Athens, Georgia – a right to work state.
The National Right to Work Committee reported:
Caterpillar has been a mainstay Illinois-based company for generations but no longer. The power and influence of big labor has impacted the company for too long, damaging its bottom-line and hurting workers.
Now that Illinois’ neighbor, Indiana, has become a Right to Work state, Caterpillar is exploring their options, according to The Detroit News’ Robert Laurie:
Back in 2009, Barack Obama announced that Caterpillar had promised to rehire some of its laid-off workforce if his stimulus proposal passed. This week, the nation’s largest manufacturer of mining and construction equipment announced that it would be moving a factory from Canada to Indiana. In the process, it will create 450 new jobs in the state.
You’d think the president would be happy, but this is not quite what he had bargained for. Take note, Governor Snyder. Caterpillar’s move came almost immediately after Indiana passed a right-to-work law, which will make union dues voluntary in the state. Labor officials claim Right To Work will deplete union funds, making it much more difficult for them to organize factories.
Coincidence? Workers who were formerly employed at the London, Ontario factory have been locked out since the beginning of the year after their union refused to accept pay cuts which would have kept the operation profitable. As a result of Big Labor’s obstinance, these jobs have been permanently eliminated and the plant relocated. The work will now be done in Muncie, [Indiana].
Big business has already been fleeing Quinn’s state after he signed a massive 2011 tax hike. Illinois had been in the running for a new Caterpillar facility of its own, one that would bring a whopping 1,400 jobs to the area by relocating a factory currently operating in Japan. This plan has now been completely scrapped.
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Sickofobama commented:
Just deserts.
I hope every company opened in that shiite state closes their doors!
dunce commented:
They can not demagogue them for sending jobs over seas but noyice that their greenjob frauds ran for the boder after they got our money, one infinlad, another in Mexico, another in China, and more money sequestered off shore accounts except for the kick backs to to the re-elect obama campaign fund.
Susan K commented:
As a fellow Georgian, thank you, Illinois.
Terry in GA commented:
Woo hoooo — Georgia rocks. Welcome Caterpillar!!!!
Susan K commented:
Will the last corporation out of Illinois, please turn out the lights?
Militant Conservative commented:
If they are union jobs, we dont want them. No. Let Detroit disintegrate into dust. The worse the economy, the better chance Romney has to win.
Nemesis commented:
OBama is to blame for all this countries woes. Always. Institute the gold standard, end immigration, stop Agenda 21, abort all plans for reeducation camps. We must stand strong against the mooslim sleeper agent. The future of the world depends on the few of us who know what is really happening, even if our numbers are small. We know the score.
Clutch commented:
Odumbo and DemonRATs turn everything they touch to s#!t.
Sparky commented:
Only a fool would do business in Illinois. Obama and his fellow thugs have certainly highlighted the corruption in that state.
Patty commented:
Bias, bias, and a ever going hatred for Republicans. Especially, Governor Mitch Daniels.
Governor Daniels speech after the State of the Union, his rebuttal speech was amazing and if these candidates could just say the same things he did but in their own words we can once and for all get rid of the guy in the White House.
Dittogirl commented:
Governor Snyder is too busy to listen. He has a bridge to build..taxes to raise, to pay for it, and 10,000 new union jobs that the people will have to pay for when the tolls wont cover the cost of playin..
Michigan is a beautiful state, outside of the urban areas that Democrats have destroyed and looted.
I guess electing a geek wasnt the best idea.
bobdog commented:
As an Illinois resident and a Caterpillar stockholder, I have to say I don’t blame them one damn bit. Look out Indiana. Here comes a truckload of money.
If I didn’t have family here, I wouldn’t be here.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Here’s a chart he doesn’t want anyone to see.
The Stimulus Chart Obama Doesn’t Want You to See
http://www.redstate.com/congressman_jim_jordan/2012/02/17/the-stimulus-chart-obama-doesn’t-want-you-to-see/
#1AMERICAN commented:
everything this POS does…says or touches…turns to $HIT….
Dusty commented:
We left the corrupt state of IL 6 years ago…so happy we did! Obamaville at its finest now in IL.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Illinois had been in the running for a new Caterpillar facility of its own, one that would bring a whopping 1,400 jobs to the area by relocating a factory currently operating in Japan. This plan has now been completely scrapped.
Go ahead, Illinois, keep voting for tax-and-spend Democrats. Vote for them until your state slips under the waves.
Zim commented:
Don’t worry Obama will turn the rest of the country into Illinois soon enough.
Zim
The People’s republic of Illinois
kato commented:
I’m guessing Obama made those remarks in 2009 as a challenge (a veiled threat) to Caterpillar, a company know for taking a hard line with unions. Since Caterpillar’s CEO didn’t stoop down and kiss Obama’s ass, like your average journalist or college professor would, I expect we’ll be reading about the little liar at Justice launching another of his interminable investigations into Cat’s business practices.
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