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Bustos Welcomes Bain Bus to Freeport

September 21, 2012 – 12:21 pm | by The Office of Cheri Bustos, 17th District candidate
Press release:
Tomorrow morning, Democratic congressional candidate Cheri Bustos will greet the Bain Bus as it arrives in Freeport during a stop on its national tour.

The tour takes aim at Bain Capital’s business practices.  Bain owns Senasta Technologies, a company in the process of outsourcing 170 Illinois jobs to China.  Senasta is currently forcing local workers to train their Chinese replacements.

Bustos’s visit to the Bain Bus follows a controversial event in which Congressman Bobby Schilling walked out on Senasta workers during a town hall earlier this week.

WHO:  Democratic congressional candidate Cheri Bustos|
Senasta Technology workers
The Bain Bus

WHEN:   10 a.m., TOMORROW, Sept. 22

WHERE:   Stephenson County Fair Grounds (across the street from Sensata Technologies)
2520 S. Walnut
Freeport, Ill.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE: Bustos will greet the Bain Bus as it rolls into town, meet with Bain Capital and Senasta Technologies employees, and offer her support for the “Bring American Jobs Home Act.”

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