At White House Request, Lockheed Martin Drops Plan to Issue Layoff Notices

ABCNews.com ^ | October 2, 2012 | Mary Bruce and Jake Tapper

[castowell]

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin heeded a request from the White House today — one with political overtones — and announced it will not issue layoff notices to thousands of employees just days before the November presidential election.

Lockheed, one of the biggest employers in the key battleground state of Virginia, previously warned it would have to issue notices to employees, required by law, due to looming defense cuts set to begin to take effect after Jan. 2 because of the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the so-called Super-committee, which was created to find a way to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade.

[null and void]

So what happens IF he wins and 20,000+ workers are laid off? Crickets?

Bush will be blamed.

[null and void]

our guys will be able to pound away at this from the stump just as much as they could pound away at actual losses.

Aye, they 'ave the ABILITY, do they 'ave the WILL?

[cableguymn]

It’s a win win for Zero. If he wins the lame stream media will ignore it.

If Zero looses the MSM will hang the lay offs around Romney’s neck “See! We told you things would be worse under Romney!”

Romney should get ahead of this right now.

“remember, any special deals Obama might offer you that are illegal won’t be honored if I win”

[null and void]

Yes, but Lockheed has a LEGAL REQUIREMENT to notify them.

Do you believe rumor is an acceptable substitute for hard data?

[null and void]

I’m sure the majority already know if they’re getting laid off.

Ahhhh, the apologists are out in force today...

[null and void]

Maybe the families’ uncertainty will backfire on Obama.

Yup. With notification 20,000 L-M employees would know they were going to be let go if Obama and Sequestration prevail.

Without WARN notification EVERY SINGLE L-M employee would worry if they are one of the 20,000.

[plain talk]

Every corrupt government SOB involved in this incident should be fired. Actually I am not sure how this can be legal. A bribe is implicit here although I am not sure how one would prove that legally.

[Mr. K]

they should issue a notice that they will NOT be able to issue layoff notices, by request of Obama

that should go over just as good

[stuartcr]

No, I worked for LM and other def contractors for a number of years, that’s what is done. People know before it’s official.

[CPT Clay]

But aren’t they required by law to give so much notice?

[ClearCase_guy]

People suspect. No one knows until they are notified.

In many jobs, people get nervous. Folks in the auto industry were nervous in 2009. But most people are optimists -- they don't ramp up the job search until they know that they are on the list of people that might go.

These people suspect -- they do not know.

And now they won't. Until it happens.

[CPT Clay]

Did you see Pat Caddell’s rant against the Leftwing propaganda machine?

Could you post a link?

[I want the USA back]

That man should be impeached for using the power of government to change the outcome of the election.

[stuartcr]

right

[null and void]

No, I worked for LM and other def contractors for a number of years, that’s what is done. People know before it’s official.

So, you are in FULL support of Obama using your tax dollars to indemnify L-M and conspire with them to BREAK THE LAW.

Given your unfailing history of supporting Obama, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised.

[ColdOne]

How do they continue to do these things is so demoralizing.

[null and void]

If thinking the President would conspire with a company to break the law, and use our tax dollars to cover all the resulting legal expenses and penalties that it might "suffer" isn't something that only a real nut-job would contemplate, I don't know what is.

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

IMPEACH BARACK OBRIBERY!

[DallasDeb]

Those Lockheed workers know what’s in the wind if Nobama is re-elected. Either no budget or cut budget—same difference. They will not vote for Nobama. Lockheed is being extorted somehow.

[DallasDeb]

Those Lockheed workers know what’s in the wind if Nobama is re-elected. Either no budget or cut budget—same difference. They will not vote for Nobama. Lockheed is being extorted somehow.