[Moline, Ill] The Bain Worker Bus tour will arrive in Moline, Illinois today. Current and former employees of Bain Capital-owned companies launched the month-long journey across the country to persuade voters in key states to reject Mitt Romney's economic vision for our country.
The tour kicked off with a rally in St. Louis, Missouri and is taking the Bain workers' message straight to voters as it winds its way across the country, culminating in a day of action in Boston, Massachusetts where both Romney's campaign and Bain Capital are headquartered.
On Monday, September 24, Quad City area residents, many of them underemployed and jobless will greet the Bain Worker Bus with a rally and welcome signs.
After kicking off in St Louis, MO, the tour stopped in Freeport, IL, where 170 workers at a Bain-owned Sensata plant are facing imminent outsourcing of their jobs to China and calling on former Bain CEO Romney to intercede on their behalf. Workers then travel to the Quad Cities today in Illinois...then Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and on to the presidential debate in Hempstead, NY.
Activities planned at various stops of the Bain Worker Bus include rallies and other public events, as well as meetings with voters, canvassing, and other voter contact activities. Each tour participant?a current or former worker at a Bain-owned company?will spend anywhere from one night to a few weeks traveling on the bus, bringing their messages to voters and low-wage workers they meet along the way.
The Bain Worker Bus Tour is being sponsored by the 99% movement, a coalition of progressive organizations such as Stand Up Chicago, Progress Missouri, and SEIU, that has been advocating for economic policies that benefit working Americans.
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