[TowerTalk] Rohn

[Bob Puharic]

THis is off topic...BUT since the subject is up...

It was George Bush Sr. who started the push for NAFTA, not Clinton.  The
deal was pretty much done when Clinton came on the scene, and to renege
would have been disastrous for US foreign policy. Conservative free traders,
not liberals, forced NAFTA onto the stage.  Just like conservative free
traders are today involved in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and efforts
to globalize the market economy.  (National Review, for example, slammed
Bush Jr. when he imposed steel tariffs 2 years ago, and rejoiced when the
WTO said they were illegal).

And it was a REPUBLICAN CONGRESS...which Clinton worked with, that gave
approval to NAFTA...that includes the Republican congress Bush worked with
when he was president.

And the effect of NAFTA? Zip. It has had almost no effect either way on
American or Mexican jobs. NPR's been carrying a program on the effects all
week. Our economy is $11 trillion dollars...it dwarfs Mexico's.  There's no
physical way Mexico could hurt the US economy via NAFTA.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Nasatka" <conco at paonline.com>
To: "Al Toothaker" <n6ta at arrl.net>; <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>;
<TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn


> We were told a long time ago..don't you remember... but the liberals kept
> pushing...remember the conservatives said" that loud sucking sound you
hear
> will be the loss of jobs, then to Mexico and now Canada"  We were warned
but
> NO...Clinton got his way.
> Blame it on that sucking sound when NAFTA went through and President
Clinton
> was to blame not the Republicans. We have history on our side and it
doesn't
> lie.
> Sorry to see them go.  I have used their products for over 30 years.  I
just
> put up a 60 footer and purchased all my equipment from TESSCO in Maryland
in
> July 2003,.  At age 60 it was going to be my last tower and I choose Rohn,
> again.
> I don't have an antenna yet because of the antenna manufacturers.  They
just
> don't deliver on time.
> Regards & Merry Christmas
> Conrad
> WB3DQD
> Freezing in the North-East!!!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Toothaker" <n6ta at arrl.net>
> To: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>; <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Rohn
>
>
> Do we thank NAFTA for this one?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:22 AM
> To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Rohn
>
>
>
> As Rohn workers ended their shifts Wednesday, they passed an
> electronic sign flashing "Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New
> Years." Only hours before, they had learned their jobs would soon
> evaporate.
>
> "There's nobody going to be hiring this time of year in the
> holidays," said John Kemmerer III, a lead man A-welder of four years
> with Rohn. "A lot of guys — where are they going to find jobs at?
> They were making decent money there — $10 to $13 an hour. They were
> depending on it for the holidays."
>
> At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Rohn CEO Horace Ward conducted an employee
> meeting to announce that the company's ownership would transfer to a
> Canadian firm on Dec. 19.
>
> Officials from the purchasing company will visit Frankfort next week
> to take stock of the Rohn facility and announce plans for its future,
> said Jim Lippard, a steward for the RWDSU Local 1976, the union to
> which Rohn employees belong.
>
> He said there is a chance the new owner will keep some of the workers
> on to help transfer equipment. However, the plant will close and its
> approximately 125 employees will be out of work by March of next year
> at the latest, he said.
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