Union official blames Remington Arms expansion in Alabama on NY Safe Act

Post Standard Syracuse NY ^ | 2/15/14 | Rick Moriarty

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Ilion, N.Y. — A union official said Saturday the Remington Arms Co.'s decision to open a manufacturing plant in Alabama does not bode well for Ilion, and he's blaming New York's Safe Act restrictions on assault weapons.

"It can't be good," said Fran Madore, president of United Mine Workers Local 717, which represents 1,180 of the 1,300 Remington employees in Ilion. "How can it be good?"

Madore said plant officials told him they wanted to meet with him on Monday. They did not say what they wanted to talk about, but Madore said he assumes it will be about the company's reported plans to open a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Ala.

AL.com reported Saturday that the Huntsville facility could employ up to 2,000 people. It said details could be revealed on Monday about plans for a Remington facility in a former Chrysler plant near Huntsville International Airport....

"The SAFE Act has been a terrible thing from the beginning," he said. "You'd think New York would be doing everything to keep us. Instead, it passes a law that cripples us."

Remington and other firearms makers can still manufacture assault weapons in New York, but they can't sell them inside the state. New York lawmakers, at the urging of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, imposed the restrictions after a man armed with an assault rifle massacred twenty children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Upstate bump

[Baladas]

Well, he’s right. Cuomo’s gun control laws should be blamed.

[Pox]

"It can't be good," said Fran Madore, president of United Mine Workers Local 717, which represents 1,180 of the 1,300 Remington employees in Ilion. "How can it be good?"

Well Fran, from my point of view, it's a very good thing for those who value Freedom and their Constitutional rights. I almost feel bad for idiots like yourself who subsidize these marxists, but I really just hope you go straight to hell.

[right way right]

Slammm!!!
Sorry, that means I feel the same as you.

[TaMoDee]

Some reporter should ask Fran: “Who did you and your members vote for in the last election?”

[PAR35]

Strange union for a gun factory to have, isn’t it?

[Impala64ssa]

So a union thug who was so gay for Cuomo is disappointed in him?

[Secret Agent Man]

many of the union folks, and most union leadership voted for thelib politicians who passed the safe act.

i cnnotfeel sorry, for these particular people. you vote for libtards, you get laws from libtards, and live under the consequences of libtard laws.

[NoCmpromiz]

Speaking of Son-of-Former-Emperor-Cuomo, does anyone have a list/chart of how many companies left NY due to Mario, and a comparison list of same with anDrew? And wasn't it superMario that had to make some special deal with IBM to keep them?

Are we surprised that SonofMario would be any different?

[Dapper 26]

This is what the people of New York voted for - more government, more socialism, more theft of other people’s money, etc.

[MtnClimber]

What I would like to see is a company hired boxer smashing the face of the union thug before the company leaves. Union tactics turned on them!!!

[null and void]

A business would move away from where it’s hated? Say it isn’t so!

[bunkerhill7]

This is what the people of New York CITY voted for - more government, more socialism, more theft of other people’s money, etc.

There, fixed it.

[867V309]

Union vs Dems: ruh row, cat fight/

[Paladin2]

"The community began to flourish starting around 1816 when Eliphalet Remington created his first gun, which would later grow into the Remington Arms company. The community was even further advanced with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825."

Get over it and move out.

[AlexW]

“Well Fran, from my point of view...”
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Great reply...Let the Commie Rats rot.
The only true America that is left is down in Dixie.

[Paladin2]

[Fee]

Been to the border of PA and NY farm counties. PA allows fracking and their small town folks are driving around in brand new pickup trucks. Meantime NY refuses to allow it, and their small town folks drive in beat up pick up trucks. NY and PA border is like East Berlin vs West Berlin during the Cold War.

[digger48]

I noticed that too