Obama's Department of Labor Covering Up Mass Layoffs Just Days Before Election, After Auto Defense Cuts Kick In
Why is the Department of Labor telling defense companies that it would be “inappropriate” to notify their employees of the good possibility of massive layoffs that the Democrats are forcing on the American People after the automatic defense cuts kick into effect?
The WARN Act, which is a law that REQUIRES companies to give their employees at least 60 days notification before layoffs take place, is being politically manipulated by Obama and his cronies in the Department of Labor.
Obama’s Department of Labor (DOL) is now telling defense companies that the WARN Act does not apply to defense companies, so it would be “inappropriate” to give the proper 60 day notification before hundreds of thousands of jobs are lost just days before the next election.
The Obama administration is trying to hide the fact that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost, just days before the next election, and because he actually does want the defense cuts, he designed the “Super Committee” to fail so the cuts would be the end result, and Obama himself could deny responsibility for the cuts.
The truth is that Obama wants the defense cuts to happen, but doesn’t want the American People to know that his administration will be killing a huge number of additional jobs, just days before the election, which besides the lost jobs, will also make our country much less safe.
The federal law requiring worker notification of mass layoffs doesn’t apply to defense companies and other government contractors affected by the possibility of across-the-board budget cuts beginning early next year, the U.S. Department of Labor said.
In guidance posted today on its website, the Labor Department said it would be “inappropriate” for companies to send 60-day notices to their employees given the uncertainty about whether the reductions will occur or which jobs will be cut.
Legal notice “to employees of federal contractors, including in the defense industry, is not required 60 days in advance of Jan. 2, 2013, and would be inappropriate, given the lack of certainty about how the budget cuts will be implemented and the possibility that the sequester will be avoided before January,” the department said.
Companies led by Lockheed Martin Corp., the world’s largest defense contractor, have said federal and state laws may require them to issue notifications of potential job cuts days before the Nov. 6 election unless President Barack Obama and Congress act to avert automatic defense reductions of $500 billion over a decade that would start on Jan. 2.
The department was clarifying requirements under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, also known as the WARN Act.
