President of Central Florida company warns of layoffs if Biden wins presidency in letter to employee

[TomCADem]

Source: WFLA

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) – Workers at a Central Florida company are wondering about their job futures, and whether that has anything to do with how they vote.

The head of that company put letters in pay stub envelopes saying if President Trump doesn’t win re-election, they might lose their jobs.

Our NBC affiliate station WESH 2 News spoke to some of the 170 employees as they were heading home from Daniels Manufacturing in Orlando, where a Trump banner is displayed on the flag pole out front.

Some said they were voting for Trump, while others we spoke to said they were upset to receive a letter obtained through a company source from DMC president George Daniels.

Read more: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/president-of-central-florida-company-warns-of-layoffs-if-biden-wins-presidency-in-letter-to-employees/

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Republicans are now doing their voter intimidation out in the open. What's next? Why not just bribe employees and call it an Economic Optimism bonus.

[RockRaven]

1. Boy, it's a good thing there haven't been any job losses under Trump, especially covid-caused, huh?

[Frustratedlady]

2. Isn't that illegal? If not, it should be.

[BComplex]

8. Biden needs to send those employees a message, a commercial, telling them they're going to be golden

in his new economy. There will be plenty of jobs to go around.

He needs to get this commercial to Florida immediately. It needs to be in all 50 states, telling people not to pay attention to blackmail by their employers. Their employers are already supporting the party that is trying to take away American's health care, social security, medicare, and trying to destroy the post office.

[FM123]

45. Yes!

And they need to do this asap.

[JDC]

3. The owner of DMC is garbage. That sort of tactic should be illegal.

"Campaign finance records with the federal government show George Daniels has contributed more than $600,000 to President and PACs that are supporting him and other Republicans this election cycle"

[idziak4ever1234]

4. Do you not think there will be a war when he loses?

Get ready.

[Turbineguy]

5. Well, if those people get fired

they will be employable anywhere else.

[Mollyann]

6. $

I'm sure the employees would have appreciated the $3,529.41 equally divided portion of the campaign contribution.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. We have diehard conservatives in Central Florida.

Major prima donas. They are just going to have to learn to accept the changes that they have managed to avoid with their whining and cheating.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. this is the whitest goddamn company ever.

[The Animator]

10. I'd certainly recommend getting their resumes ready.

Maybe start that job hunt a bit early.
Boss is gonna have to get used to disappointment.

[keithbvadu2]

11. The CEO says the company won't be competitive without giving graft to republicans?

The CEO says the company won't be competitive without giving graft to republicans?

[Cicada]

12. Jobs Clinton, Obama 35 million, Bushes and Trump minus 800,000

[bringthePaine]

13. yeah, he'll slit his own financial throat, sure thing, first order of business😉🖕

[jaxexpat]

43. Symptom of drinking the Kool-Aid, #347. Weak suicidal impulse control.

Some think that #347 is, singing along to Grateful Dead live tracks. But that's actually not on the list of symptoms at all.

[jmowreader]

14. They're more likely to lose them if Trump is reelected

If I would have received a letter like that, I'd be out looking for a new job immediately. I figure you can make at least as much money making pizzas or hamburgers as you can making crimpers, and the burger joints are always hiring.

[louis-t]

15. Oh, that again, eh?

I'm getting deja vu.

[Roy Rolling]

16. Right

It’s deja vu all over again. Is this the same fool as in 2016? Or just another Florida business owner looking for attention?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. I seem to recall reading that Walmart sent a similar letter to their employees

in 2016. And they are not the only ones. Various companies have pulled this garbage.

[Mr.Bill]

18. I wonder what he would think if all the employees signed a letter saying

they would quit if Trump won.

[turbinetree]

19. You know what I don't like blackmail.........fuck this shit.......my vote is my vote

[paleotn]

20. Panic.

[greenjar_01]

21. Some dipshits do this every election

Not technically illegal, but def a long tradition of pultocrat garbage. Workers get to decide who they devote their time to as well.

Also good to know for people who do business with this asshole that this is how he conceives of his leverage in a business transaction.

[JoeOtterbein]

22. Meanwhile...

...Covid.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Well... I am sure other companies have better quality products than they have.

[Towlie]

24. Here are the vote-by-mail statistics for Florida.

Florida Vote-by-Mail Request & Early Voting Statistics

Democrats are ahead of Republicans in already returned vote-by-mail ballots by 1,190,549 to 730,180 (more than eight Democratic ballots for every five Republican ballots), and the number of already returned Democratic ballots is greater than the number of provided Republican ballots (1,067,712), of which only 68.4% have been returned so far.

It seems a bit late to try to influence voters here in Florida.

[marble falls]

25. Voter suppression.

[dreamland]

26. Lay off everyone and he'll have no employees

So how would he conduct any business without employees? He's such a short-sighted dimwit.

[Talitha]

27. Hopefully the head of the company will attend a few of Dump's indoor rallies.

*cough, cough*

[rockfordfile]

28. That's illegal

[DeltaLitProf]

29. This sounds like a golden opportunity for Biden to craft an ad

. . . that responds to this with truth about Trump's economy and Biden's plans.

[cstanleytech]

30. Sounds like it might have stepped over the line and broken a law by essentially telling workers

that if they vote for Trump they will be paid in the form of being able to keep their jobs.

[Solly Mack]

31. That can't be legal? Also sounds like they already planned the layoffs well before

they issued the intimidation and who to blame letter.

[Aussie105]

32. At this point you need a strong Union

that says 'Down tools, people! This is not on!'

It's a clear case of attempted voter intimidation.

[Sherman A1]

40. Precisely

Unions are the answer.

[Cryptoad]

33. If these employees have not

figured out by now what a bunch of lying assholes these thugs are,, its too late for them.....

[OldBaldy1701E]

37. Sadly, you are correct. (n/t)

[Snake Plissken]

34. The 25 million people who are collecting unemployment benefits because of Trump said, hold my beer

[getagrip_already]

46. unemployment is running out for many.....

In my sate (MA) for example, UI benefits are capped at 26 weeks per year. So if you lost your job in april, you are on your last check now.

After that, it's welfare I guess. If you can qualify that is.

[olddad65]

35. And, they will lose their lives to the virus if Biden doesn't get elected.

[ouija]

36. Well, bye

[Rebl2]

38. Sounds like

voter intimidation to me.

[Sherman A1]

39. I know that had I received such a letter

It would have been torn up into little pieces and mailed to the CEO.


F ‘em.

[beachbumbob]

41. nice move, I hope all 170 vote for biden and quit this company

[no_hypocrisy]

42. Bulls*t. Businesses do better under democratic administration.

Yeah, they may pay more in taxes, but they also make greater profits.

[Evolve Dammit]

44. What a piece of shit to threaten his employees. I wouldn't even come back for my coffee cup. FU.

[Trailrider1951]

47. This is more common than you think

in 2012 I was employed by a consulting engineering company near Austin, TX. There were about 30 employees, 12 or so were Engineers, all white and all but one, male. They were wealthy and conservative.
The rest of us were hourly employees, and in October of that year, we had a meeting with the President and the Owner of said company. Several items were discussed, but the last 20 minutes or so was a fervent sales pitch as to why Obama was bad for the country, and a second term would be the ruination of the country's economy. Why, we just HAD to vote for Romney to save our jobs and our country! We knew that was bullshit, and thought so much less of those two after that. I left that company about a year later. Good riddance!

[Baked Potato]

48. This "Veteran Owned" company with all the perks

makes high end tools and tool kits for the aviation industry. The downturn of aviation business is the reason for any layoffs, I think. The CEO is just trying to inject politics into the situation. The company did pretty well under President Obama.

[dalton99a]

50. +1

[treestar]

49. How are they to believe that?

What would change for this company?

How would there no longer be a market for their services?

Obviously false, hope most of the employees get it.

[Brainfodder]

51. Sounds like setting up excuse to fire people? Meanwhile, way to beg for a boycott?

Consequences!

Make sure these clowns get some?

[bluestarone]

52. Like i've ALWAYS said

The Company is the BEST Union organizer there is!! THIS company proves that point!!!

[J3AC4]

53. Same Crap Different Day

We heard this same old crap when Obama was running the first time.

[Mr.Bill]

54. To top it off it's an insult

to the employees intelligence because no one has any way of knowing who you voted for. I would call them on it and ask them how they intend to find out how a given employee voted.

[C Moon]

55. Some idiot CEO does this every election.

Someone should offer them all jobs under an honest CEO.

[TomCADem]

56. Maybe This Is Also Iran Threatening Democratic Voters...

...telling them not to vote for Biden, because that actually hurts Trump, since that is the new talking point. Voter suppression of Democrats actually hurts Trump because it makes him look bad.

[GoCubsGo]

57. So, their piddly 170 employees are going to determine the election?

This sounds more like panic-driven fear-mongering than voter intimidation.

[melm00se]

58. Wasn't there some chucklehead

who said the same thing if Obama was (re)elected?