layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this notification. as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. we re talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2 snd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see that s three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the labor department. here s the letter. oates writes, quote, the warn act notice to employees of federal contractors including in the defense industry is not required 60 days in advance of january 2, 2013 and would be inappropriate. yes. the administration is reinterpreting the law on the sly. because after all this was sent out and they declined to make anyone available to interview this tonight. of course this was a manna f
as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. we re talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2nd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see that s three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the labor department. here s the letter. oates writes, quote, the warn act notice to employees of federal contractors including in the defense industry is not required 60 days in advance of january 2, 2013 and would be inappropriate. yes. the administration is reinterpreting the law on the sly. because after all this was sent out and they declined to make anyone available to interview this tonight. of course this was a manna from heaven for the republicans. the president doesn t want people readin
everyone. i m erin burnette. is the president hiding up to 200 layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this update. now, it was quietly posted to the labor department s website just yesterday. as we reported 46 days ago the law called the warn act calls for employers to announce layoffs of employees 60 days before hand. we re talking about ones like the ones related to the defense industry thanks to the 2 hnt $1 trillion in sequestration cuts. since they take effect on january 2nd, here s a calendar. layoff announcement that the depence contractors would go out november 3rd. as you can see, that s three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines barack obama wants. enter the labor department. here s the letter. the warn act notice to employees of federal contractors including defense industry is not required 60 days in advance of january 2nd 2013 and would be inappropriate. yes, the administration is reinterpreting the law on the sly
young democrat way back when, this would be the change president. he obviously hasn t been very successful. bill: ed rollins, talk to you next week. we ll see where we are in the big world then. good. bill: whether or not we moved any. could have a vp next week. bill: could have. patti ann, what s next? patti ann: check out what a bird can do to a big plane. this bird believed to be a goose, ripping a big hole in the plain s nose. we ll tell you how the pilot was able to land safely, luckily with 150 people on board. bill: republicans blasting an obama administration decision to ask defense contractors to hide the possibility of impending layoffs. why would that be. the president doesn t want people reading about pink slips in the weeks before his election. so the white house is telling people to keep effects of these cuts secret, don t tell anybody. bill: reaction from south carolina senator lindsey graham on that. still to come.