Bathe For America!
Posted on | July 18, 2007
An economy in recession? Jobs lost? Bush’s Secretary of Labor knows who to blame: it’s you smelly, lazy American workers.
Today and Thursday, members of AFGE Local 12 in Washington, D.C., will be doing their part to clean up U.S. workers by passing out bars of soap at the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters. On one side, the soap is labeled, “Chao Thinks You Stink.” On the other side, “Clean Up with Local 12.”
Chao told Parade it’s not just the low-cost of foreign labor that is enticing many U.S. employers to ship jobs overseas—overseas workers dress and bathe better.
Beyond the cheaper cost of labor, U.S. employers say that many workers abroad simply have a better attitude toward work. “American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene,” says Chao.
Alex Bastani, AFGE Local 12 president, says, while the soapy action may be fun,
what isn’t funny is the secretary’s disdain not only for workers at the Department of Labor but for all American workers.
Bastani noted that in 2004, Chao’s Labor Department changed the rules on who qualifies for overtime pay and millions of workers were robbed of their rights to overtime pay. Just this year, she tried to outsource some 250 Department of Labor jobs but was unsuccessful. Don’t forget to wash behind your ears.
Pointing fingers at an incompetent president and secretary is not allowed.
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