US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao: The American worker stinks, can't dress or show up on time.

[Bluebear]

Mrs. Senator McConnell doesn't think too much of the American worker....

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July 19, 2007 - In a recent issue of Parade magazine, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine Chao lectures American workers on how they can stop losing their jobs to foreign workers: “American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene.”

In the article, “How Safe Is Your Job?” Chao says U.S workers could lose a job to a foreign worker not because he’s cheaper, but because he has better workplace skills and discipline. “They need anger-management and conflict-resolution skills, and they have to be able to accept direction,” continued Chao.

This is the same Labor Secretary who led the fight to cut overtime pay in 2004, allowed meetings between DOL officials and anti-union consultants and virtually transformed the agency charged with protecting American workers’ rights into a compliant corporate lapdog. Chao even went after her own workforce when she attempted to outsource 250 DOL jobs to nonunion contractors.

http://www.goiam.org/content.cfm?cID=10920

[PDJane]

1. The woman needs re-educaton. eom.

[EFerrari]

2. This is an administration of cannibals. How do you attract

so many sociopaths to one location?

:shrug:

[TomClash]

3. This is funny

It's like a Chinese Communist Party Official exhorting workers to do more.

[MetaTrope]

20. She wasn't a Chinese Communist Party official!

She only co-owned a Lippo Group subsidiary with them

[TomClash]

26. Oh, well then . . .

. . . no big deal! :puke:

[NorthernSpy]

52. LOL -- guess that's why some people have started calling her "Chairman Chao"...

Not too big on that whole "freedom" thing, is she?

[theoldman]

4. I assume she is talking about the people picking vegetables.

I have never seen these problems in an office. Maybe she is just full of crap and making lame excuses.

[originalpckelly]

5. What a fucking piece of shit to say something like that. The nerve of that woman...

To insult people in this good country after being a part of the reason their jobs are being shipped overseas, she can go Cheney herself!

[OzarkDem]

6. I hope she's in the unemployment line real soon

2008 will be too late, she needs to get kicked out of government service now.

That's a disgusting, insulting lie.

[icymist]

7. That's rude Ms. Chao.

The common American workers' jobs' wages has been slashed by 10 to 20 percent. Does Ms. Chao want an American worker attitude problem? See what happens after you support slashes even further!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

57. Sounds like what a Robber Baron or Mogul of the Gilded Age would say

The "hoi polloi", the "great unwashed", the "little people".

[Fridays Child]

8. Be willing to accept sweatshop pay and conditions, stay quiet, and NO UNIONS.

She's trying to indoctrinate Americans into the new super rich-super poor, fascist America paradigm.

Eat your own shit, Elaine, because I ain't having any of it.

[rodeodance]

9. be passive and docile!! --words of wisdom from a Bush lapdoggie!!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Oh,

so I guess when I had computer troubles and got some IT from India who didn't know what a Trojan Horse was and wouldn't connect me with a supervisor, THIS was better than an American? Fat chance! I called later to the same company, this time got an American, and told him about the first person, and he laughed so hard he fell off his chair! But he got up and quickly solved my problem.

It has nothing to do with promptness, appropriate dress, or personal hygiene. It only has to do with the almighty dollar.

[Robbien]

11. Typical Cheney appointee. Put the person who hates the program

in charge of the program. Best way to drown government in the bathtub.

[Bluebear]

12. And then blame those who suffer the most for their own predicament. nt

[Swamp Rat]

13. Utter bull shit!

:eyes:

[AX10]

14. She should be impeached too!

:puke:

[TahitiNut]

15. She deserves the Marie Antoinette Award for her despicable elitism.

I think it'd be a terrific way to celebrate October 16th. :evilgrin:

[dkofos]

36. I second that. OFF WITH HER HEAD!!

[Bitwit1234]

16. When an employee serves the public they should look presentable BUT

what is wrong with wearing casual clothes when you work in an office that does not have public contact. If you are comfortable you can work better.

[Fierce]

17. Elaine Chao, you can shut the fuck right up.

nt

[book_worm]

18. This is the person whose supposed to be representing American workers!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

19. Elaine Chao can take her office entire and shove it clear up her ass.

Bitch.

[supernova]

21. Elaine Chao, go work at Wally World!

She's another one that deserves a 5.50/hr job w/o beneifits.

My God, I never imagined my fellow americans could be so Romanoff.

[baldguy]

22. This is how Republicans think of ordinary Americans.

Lazy, good-for nothing pigs.

[LeftyMom]

23. Good thing she and Mitch raised such docile American workers...

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2003/07/18/mcconnells_daughter_under_fire.html

http://subintsoc.net/situationroom/?p=244

"The first sign of trouble came last year when one couple learned their daughter had been strapped into her chair with a leather belt.

Since then, more than a dozen parents have removed their elementary school youngsters amid complaints about disciplinary tactics by one of the teachers at Hawthorne Valley. Punishment included tying the hands of students and taping their mouths shut if they misbehaved.

The teacher who doled it out, Claire McConnell, apologized, saying in a June 24 letter, “I am sorry for my disciplinary misjudgment, very sorry. … I request your forgiveness.” …

“We’re still working on it,” said Patrice Maynard, a teacher and mentor to McConnell. McConnell is the daughter of Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky." (Chao is Mrs. McConnell.)

[MissB]

30. dayum.

Gee, I wonder where Claire learned all those nifty tricks?

[stimbox]

24. wtf?

Mou chou le Elaine Chao.
Diu nei!
Mah ga hai ah!


:mad:

[stimbox]

25. wtf?

i'm so mad i posted twice!


:mad:

[spanone]

27. she's the wife of mitch mcconnell, whadya expect?

[blogslut]

28. Golly, Elaine

Did the eyebrow piercing on your waitress at Denny's really creep you out that much? You sure showed her.

What an arrogant cow.

[Elwood P Dowd]

29. I don't think I've ever used the word "Bitch" before on DU but..........

this might be the appropriate time. The French had a way of dealing with these types - it was called The Guillotine.

[NorthernSpy]

39. Go right ahead. Dog Chao IS a bitch...

Scorch away!

[kenny blankenship]

31. They also don't kowtow while singing the Company Song and burning their paychecks--hopeless!

They have no relevant skills that 21st century businesses are looking for.

[marmar]

32. How can one administration be so full of assholes?

We've got the Mother Lode occupying DC now.

[devilgrrl]

33. Kick Elaine Chao in the teeth!

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

34. Response From the United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao

The July 1, 2007 Parade article "How safe is your job?" omitted the bulk of an interview which focused on the tremendous achievements and competitive advantages of the American workforce and the many reasons American workers have to be optimistic about the future. The article did not reflect my message to Parade’s readers.

It is important that first time entrants to our workforce be aware that technical skills, degrees and a tight job market will aid their success but basic professionalism is also essential to advance and contribute in the workplace. These fundamentals – including punctuality and appropriate workplace decorum – will affect their future.

America’s economy is strong because America’s workforce is among the most innovative and productive in the world. As I’ve said many times before – America is a beacon of hope and opportunity throughout the world and we shouldn’t fear the worldwide economy. America’s greatest strengths lie in our democratic institutions, respect for the rule of law, transparency, accountability, and the most creative and compassionate workforce in the world. These unique qualities comprise our country’s strongest competitive advantage.

http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_07-01-2007/Elaine_Chao.html

In other words, YEAH. I MEANT IT.

[pwb]

44. Mitch and Bitch

[lpbk2713]

35. Before the BushCo Regime has run its course ....

I'm sure they will propose a new Federal holiday. They will call it "Employer Appreciation Day". All workers will be expected to work for their employer one full day without pay for the privilege of having a job.

Remember you read it here.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

37. Again, it's our fault and not corporate greed.

Impersonal Responsibility strikes again. :grr:

[NorthernSpy]

38. dirty redneck stink!!!1!

Good grief. I guess that's what the elites really think of the rest of us.

They won't be satisfied until they've finished turning us into pariahs in our own country.

[Disturbed]

43. Another Rethug lecturing the peasants.

This Regime is full of arrogant Sociopaths.

[kevinbgoode]

40. Does "personal hygiene" mean one must paint her nails...?

or can they remain unpainted? How about shaving the legs...um....wearing eyeliner....blush...and what color lipstick is best suited for competing with foreigners? Do I look more clean if I use a combination eye shadow or just one solid color? And what if I'm two minutes late for work because the mascara brush jabbed me in the eye as I was applying it in the car during rush hour? I mean, Ms. Chao-Chao...how do we know which to choose when punctuality and proper Republican "personal hygiene" conflict? What if I have the runs in the morning..and run to work anyway, so I won't lose my job to Mexico?

Oh yeah...and I'm a guy.

[BlooInBloo]

41. I thought it was just *black* workers that she was talking about.

[NorthernSpy]

49. why -- would that be more valid?

:eyes:

Charlie Brease, the president of Massey Energy subsidiary Sidney Coal Co., requested that the Kentucky Coal Board relax its requirement of English proficiency so that the company could bring in Hispanic immigrant workers for training. “It’s common knowledge that the work ethic of the Eastern Kentucky worker has declined from where it once was,” he wrote in a December memorandum. “Attitudes have changed among the existing work force, which affects attendance, drug use, and ultimately productivity.” At the Board’s March 10 meeting, the proposal was not discussed, although the “labor shortage” is still being publicly lamented by officials and executives.

Publication of the statement last month provoked such opposition among miners that Brease offered an apology for his insinuation of rampant drug abuse. Subsequently, the media coverage has attempted to paint the miners’ opposition as racist and backward.

Most miners actually quoted in the press, however, direct their anger at what is to be another attack on wages and benefits. Homer Black, a disabled miner working at the Sidney Coal preparation plant, told the Associated Press, “They bring Mexicans in here, they’ll get ’em killed.” Of his co-workers, Black said, “These people ain’t going to put up with it.” Shannon Gibson, who had just been hired to work at Sidney, added, “They’re just looking for more workers who’ll work cheaper and longer.”

The workers Brease was slandering are mostly white. You don't have to be black any more to have this kind of stigma shoved down your throat.



http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/kent-m15.shtml

[BlooInBloo]

51. lol! Your fallacious inferences are all your own, tiger.

[NorthernSpy]

54. of course, you could just tell us what exactly you meant by that remark...

Anyone who thinks that Chao meant to slander blacks only is fooling himself. This gun is pointed at EVERY American worker.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

42. Chao, the enemy of the American worker

typical of a right winger

[Cerridwen]

45. Perhaps Ms. Chao would get on board with having the workers

housed in barracks in which they can pipe in the morning playing of the National Anthem after which they can all be led in government sponsored calisthenics followed by a quick wash and shave, as appropriate, before donning their citizen-worker uniforms and heading en masse to work in the corporately owned government offices, or government owned corporate offices. Should we all wear our hair the same, too?

That sounds so familiar to me.

[Canuckistanian]

46. In other words, "the peasants are revolting"

Man, it's going to take a LOOOONG time to recover the country. '08 is only the beginning.

[hootinholler]

47. Damn! I thought I was unique!

I do try not to stink though.

-Hoot

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

48. She's calling the entire American work force a bunch of angry, unruly, unhygienic slobs

Nice words, coming from the Secretary of Labor. It sounds more like she the Secretary of Foreign Labor.

[senseandsensibility]

50. I wish I could nominate this for the greatest page

but the time has expired. It's too late to give it he fifth rec that it so richly deserves. We spend a lot of time, and rightly so, on the misdeeds of * and Chee-nee, but there are many bushbots working overtime to deprive us all of our rights. They are studiously and purposely ignored and abetted by the corporate media, but too often we ignore them here on DU as well. Every American workers should know about this woman.

[Bluebear]

53. Her dastardly quote lives here too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1467248&mesg_id=1467248

[hedgehog]

55. One of the companies that supplies laborers to factories and

warehouses was asked why the people it supplied were tardy or absent so often. The answer? Wages are so low that people at the bottom end can't afford a dependable car.

[B Calm]

56. REPUBLICAN CHEAP LABOR CONServatism

[tabasco]

58. Why does Elaine Chao hate Americans?

Is she a terrorist?

[MaraJade]

59. CORRECTION...

"because he has better workplace skills and discipline. “They need anger-management and conflict-resolution skills, and they have to be able to accept direction, GIVE UP THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, PUT UP WITH PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE AND POOR WORKING CONDITIONS; BE DOCILE, BE UNEDUCATED, AND BE WILLING TO WORK FOR $2.00 PER HOUR OR LESS,” continued Chao.



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