BOYCOTT ALL KIMBERLY CLARK PRODUCTS

Congressman F.James Sensenbrenner III (R- WI)

Sponsor of the anti-immigrant HH4437

Is the heir to KIMBERLY-CLARK Corp.

BUYING KIMBERLY-CLARK PRODUCTS KEEPS HIM IN OFFICE

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is the manufacturer of the following products:

KOTEX, HUGGIES, KLEENEX, SCOTT, KIMBIES, PULL-UPS, DEPEND, TECNOL, KIMWIPES, SCOTTEX, POPEE, and PAGE.

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Kimberly Clark is a publicly traded corporation, and has been since the 1800's. Sensenbrenner's GREAT GRANDFATHER was at one time the largest shareholder and CEO, but that was almost 100 years ago. If you boycott this company, you'll only hurt thousands of shareholders (yes, the Senator is one of them, but then why not boycott every company he holds stock in?). Furthermore, Kimberly Clark has moved all of their manufacturing from the US to Mexico, so if they shut down, a lot of hispanics are going to lose good jobs. I am so sick of people trying to punish companies (be it Heinz, Hilton, or Kimberly Clark) that have no current relationship to the public figures people disagree with.

Jenny is right. We should not punish shareholders. If a company does not have current ties with someone you disagree with, then we should not punish the company. Punish James Sensenbrenner instead. Don't vote for him. Period. If you want to go farther than that, rally against him. Get the word out, but don't punish hard working people in the process.

I think we SHOULD boycott them. Any company that moved to Mexico is not providing well paying jobs to Mexicans. Don't get fooled by the hype. Its there to exploit people and get richer. Those poor people make 40 bucks a week if they are lucky.

Boycotts are not permanent but they do send a message to companies and their shareholders (who are getting rich at poor Mexican people's expense) that if they support racists like Sensenbrenner they will loose money.
(think the Coors boycott and the grape boycotts)

There are lots of reasons why hispanics and people from around the world end up in the U.S. There is one main common denominator... we ran away from home because we couldn't take it anymore, civil wars, poor paying jbs, lack of progress, political persecution, etc. etc. etc. We ended up in the U.S. and we achieved personal milestones in many many cases, we did because the U.S. has built a livable and prosperous place. We, all inmigrant, are very hard working people, because this is one of those reasons we wanted to leave our countries, work hard. We deserve better treatment, here and in OUR COUNTRIES. How is it that we can come to the states and organize so efficiently and peacefully and we can not do that in OUR COUNTRIES. Why is it that we don't fight the corrupts and dictators in this same CIVIC way in our countries to make our countries better. I am not for making an inmigrant a criminal but we shouldn't be in this situation either, Lets make our countries a great place to live, lets kick out the corrupts, the dictators, lets make sure our voice is heard in the entire continent, the voice of ALL Latin Americans because we ALL deserve better, much better!!! and we all have proved it...

Lets get Cuba back... Fidel has had it for 40+ years... he has to go... 12 million latinos would get that country back in hours....

Lets get the caudillos out of Nicaragua, 12 million latinos would kick them out in a day...

One country at a time... lets make our countries our home, our paradise and then we will decide who comes in and who doesn't.

"Past performance is no guarantee of future performance."

Owning a stock is not like putting your $ in a FDIC insured savings account. It exposes you to risk, and part of that risk is that your company is associated with a neo-fascist who is representing your corporate interests in Washington.

You don't have the aggregated anonymity of the state to protect your investments. Your ownership society carries risk. Welcome to the stock market.

Boycott Kimberly-Clark.

Has someone bother to check if Sensenbrenner is actually a current shareholder of KMB? Does he actually make a living out of KMB's dividends?
Se han preguntado si Sensenbrenner es accionista de Kimberly Clark? Vive y sustenta su campaña política de los dividendos que le genera esa compañia?

In 2003 he declared his net worth as $9,315,491.13. The stock he owns in Kimberly-Clark is compounded on top of that, estimated to be between $500,000 and $1 million. In order to have any impact on the congressman the boycott would have to bankrupt the company.

The Texas-based company is one of the largest employers in Wisconsin's Fox Valley. The company is already struggling to compete with Proctor and Gamble and recently announced plans to close a diaper mill in Menasha, Wis. by the end of 2007 and a nonwovens mill in Neenah, Wis. by the end of this year. Those closures will affect more than 650 workers and their families. If Sensenbrenner isn't willing to act to save the jobs of workers from a company he owns stock in, his family has a history with and is in his own backyard, why would he care about a boycott?

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K-C has investments with Gruppo Mexico, which owned two copper mines near the border. Gruppo forced a strike and fired thousands of workers. Surely, many crossed the border to work in America.

These workers contributed to the large undocumented labor pool that happens to participate in the production of trees for wood pulp, to create paper. One of these companies producing paper is Kimberly Clark, the makers of Kleenex tissues.

So, how does Mr. Sensenbrenner's anti-immigration hysteria fit in? I think it's to maintain a superexploited class of people, with fewer rights, in competition with citizens and legal residents. Workers who support these anti-immigrant laws are playing into the hands of the wealthy corporations and their puppet politicians.

The first step to mitigating the negative effects of unauthorized immigration is to *increase* rights and raise the status of all workers to an equal level.

Very intelligent comment, there is always a secret agenda behind a politician with such radical speech.

thank you for the insight.

This is the same criteria for Mexico US government fabricated and false war against drugs, like the US in the nineteen eighties with Bush sr, directing the CIA, as a former CIA agent said it was a "war" to get rid of the competition, not a real war against drugs or drugtrafficking/druglords, etc.

Big companies and wealthy individuals, as Sensenbrenner, do not want a legalization of immigrants in the U.S., simply because it is not convenient for them, illegal workers is pay less salaries, are employees who do not receive medical benefits from companies who never retire while contributing to a ssn and that money "is in the air", is for nobody, it is the real reazon of their "hatred".

Companies should look at who is being part of shareholders? It is not about getting money into the company but also about the future consequences that the money is bringing to the table. My point is bringing in someone like Sesenbrenner will give them repercusions. Now deal with them!

boycott K-C!

I work for Kimberly-Clark and want to se the record straight.

U.S. Congressman James Sensenbrenner has no leadership or management affiliation with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. As a publicly-owned corporation, the company has no heirs, despite the unfounded statements to the contrary that have circulated on the Internet. Congressman Sensenbrenner only owns a limited number of shares and is simply one of thousands of shareholders of our company. His views do not represent Kimberly-Clark and his political beliefs are solely his own.

Kimberly-Clark has a longstanding commitment to Latino communities as part of our strong focus on diversity and philanthropic programs which support education, health care and improved living conditions. We provide support of social issues in Latino communities, especially through our operations in Latin America, where we are one of the leading employers with more than 17,000 employees in that region. To that end, 12 of our Kimberly-Clark companies were recognized as the “Best Companies to Work for in Latin America” in 2010.

This was sent to us by email. Reposted here verbatim:

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In Response to Call for K-C Product Boycott by Latino Community because of
U.S. Congressman James Sensenbrenner

Media Statement

May 14, 2010

U.S. Congressman James Sensenbrenner has no leadership or management affiliation with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. As a publicly-owned corporation, the company has no heirs, despite the unfounded statements to the contrary that have circulated on the Internet. Congressman Sensenbrenner only owns a limited number of shares and is simply one of thousands of shareholders of our company. His views do not represent Kimberly-Clark and his political beliefs are solely his own.

Also, in light of recent news in the United States, Kimberly-Clark would like to clarify that it has not been involved or taken a position on the enactment of the new immigration law which passed in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Kimberly-Clark has a longstanding commitment to Latino communities as part of our strong focus on diversity and philanthropic programs which support education, health care and improved living conditions. We provide support of social issues in Latino communities, especially through our operations in Latin America, where we are one of the leading employers with more than 17,000 employees in that region. To that end, 12 of our Kimberly-Clark companies were recognized as the “Best Companies to Work for in Latin America” in 2010.

Thanks,

Quinton Crenshaw
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
quinton.crenshaw@kcc.com