***CEO Watch***
For Immediate Release
August 27, 2010
Contact: Kam Kuwata, 800-709-7532
Central Valley Parents and Teachers Denounce Carly Fiorina for Rewarding Companies that Ship Jobs Overseas Rather than California Students
Fiorina calls “disgraceful” the new jobs bill that saves education jobs and ends tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas
Fresno – At a news conference today at the Bullard Talent Elementary and Middle School, Central Valley parents and teachers criticized Carly Fiorina for opposing a new jobs bill that will save more than 2,700 education jobs in Central Valley public schools and is fully paid for by closing a tax break for companies that ship jobs overseas. The bill will save 16,500 education jobs in California.
“Carly Fiorina laid off 33,000 Hewlett-Packard employees and now she is offering pink slips to more than 2,700 educators in the Central Valley who help our students learn in the classroom. Carly Fiorina may declare the jobs bill ‘disgraceful’ but the real disgrace is that she is willing to reward companies that ship jobs overseas rather than California students,” said Ana Correa, a retired teacher from the Madera Unified School District.
“It’s not surprising that Carly Fiorina wants to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. When she was at Hewlett-Packard, she sent thousands of American jobs overseas, and boasted it, calling it ‘right-shoring,’” said Patricia Brown, a parent of a 14 year old student in Fresno Unified School District.
On August 10, President Obama signed into law “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act,” a bill that gives urgent fiscal relief to enable 160,000 teachers to keep their jobs. In California, 16,500 educators will keep their jobs. According to the Los Angeles Times, “the bill is fully paid for mainly by ending some tax breaks for companies operating overseas.” (August 11, 2010)
On August 6, Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina announced her opposition to the bill. According to the Associated Press, Fiorina called the bill “disgraceful.” (August 6, 2010)
The National Education Association estimates that this law will save 2776 educator jobs in the San Joaquin Valley, including 545 jobs in Congressional District 18 (Cardoza), 351 jobs in Congressional District 19 (Radanovich), 915 jobs in Congressional District 20 (Costa), 642 jobs in Congressional District 21 (Nunes), and 323 jobs in Congressional District 22 (McCarthy).
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