At Bain's Illinois headquarters they delivered a petition with 35,000 signatures. So far they have had no response from Romney or Bain, but have had the police called to remove them.

Gaulrapp also tried to speak to Romney at an Iowa rally, standing in the audience and asking him directly if he would come to Freeport and save their jobs.

But he was shouted down by the crowd when he asked a question. "We had people scream at us and call us communists," said Gaulrapp.

Romney has spoken out against outsourcing American jobs overseas and claimed that his management experience in private enterprise at the head of Bain will help kick-start the economy and create new jobs.