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It’s no secret that Meg Whitman is wealthy beyond most of our wildest dreams. But few know the true cost of Whitman’s wealth. The California Labor Federation has launched a new online video and video game that highlights Whitman’s job-slashing corporate history. Play the game at www.WallStreetWhitman.com. and read more about her dismal record.
Here’s what California Labor Federation Executive Secretary-Treasurer Art Pulaski has to say about Whitman’s record at a corporate executive:
“Meg Whitman has made a game of downsizing workers and outsourcing their jobs, and walking away with a very real fortune for herself in the process. The record shows that Whitman is a one-person weapon of mass job destruction. By attempting to buy the California Governor’s Office, Whitman wants to take her game to the next level, but we can’t forget there are real lives at stake with every jobs she cuts, outsources or downsizes.
“While Whitman touts her business savvy as her primary qualification to become governor, a closer look at Whitman’s corporate background reveals a troubling portrait of someone who got rich at the expense of her own employees. Whitman is a career corporate executive who built a personal fortune by eliminating and outsourcing jobs and slashing workers’ benefits. Everywhere she’s been, she’s made out with lucrative bonuses, stock options and other compensation. And workers have suffered hardships as a result.”
Based on her proposals for California – like cutting 40,000 state jobs, opposing the job-creating high-speed rail project and scaling back workers’ overtime pay and meal breaks – it’s evident that she would bring the same corporate agenda she’s advocated throughout her career to the governor’s office. That spells disaster for California.
Whitman’s corporate mentality would lead to higher unemployment, lower wages and fewer benefits for workers – in both the public and private sector. In fact, the only group that would benefit from a Whitman governorship is the exclusive club of large corporations and millionaires and billionaires from which she comes.
We cannot afford to let Whitman and her Wall Street agenda run the show in Sacramento.
It’s up to us to fight her attempt at a hostile corporate takeover of our state.
OK SO MEG IS RICH,BUT HAS SHE EVER HAD A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A IHSS PROVIDER? SO UNTIL SHE LIVES A DAY OR TWO IN OUR SHOES WILL SHE KNOW THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO ENDURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SEEMS TO B. WE GIVE HELP IN WHATEVER IS NEEDED,WE GIVE COMPASSION TO WHAT AILS THEM,WE CHIT CHAT OF WHAT THEY USED TO DO,IF THEY REMEMBER. MEG BEFORE EVEN TALKING OF CUTTING IHSS SPEND SOME OF UR PERSONAL TIME AROUND THOSE THAT NEED IHSS,BUT NO NEED FOR THEM THERE EXPENSIVE SHOES, WEAR SOMETHING COMFORTABLE CUS U WILL B ON UR FEET ALL DAY. WELCOME TO MY WORLD MEG, MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH LOTS OF TEARS TO SEE HOW ANYONE CAN DECIDE WHO GOES N WHO STAYS JUST LIKE U DID TO UR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. AND MY VOTE IS AS ANYONE ELSE’S VERY VALUABLE.
Escribo en espanol porque me es mas facil comunicarme,yo espero que alguien lo traduzca, gracias.
Tengo 4 anos trabajando como caregiver, y no saben la satisfaccion que siento al ser util a las personas que lo necesitan.Ustedes no se imaginan lo que ellos sienten sin nuestra ayuda, los hacemos sonreir, les inyectamos vida porque ellos lo dicen con sus acciones y palabras, por eso yo voto porque continue ese apoyo para ellos hoy, y manana para nosotros,
María que son muy importantes para las personas que cuidan y lo que está diciendo es el único auténtico y verdadero. Necesitamos que nuestra comunidad para escuchar las voces de los proveedores de atención y sus clientes debido a este gobernador y su administración están haciendo que parezca que hay mucho fraude en el IHSS para que pueda justificar el corte del programa. Gracias por tener el coraje de hablar y también darle las gracias por votar.
PS Por favor, disculpe los errores, porque no hablo español y estoy utilizando el software de computadora para traducir.
Kristine Loomis
[...] both she and Mitt have had to creating jobs in other countries. In fact, if Ann and Mitt did choose outsourcer-ess Meg Whitman, they could potentially send so many jobs overseas that Mitt and Meg could wind up being the only [...]
[...] both she and Mitt have had to creating jobs in other countries. In fact, if Ann and Mitt did choose outsourcer-ess Meg Whitman, they could potentially send so many jobs overseas that Mitt and Meg could wind up being the only [...]