Carrier workers facing layoffs feel betrayed by Trump

[workinclasszero]

Carrier workers facing layoffs feel betrayed by Trump
By DEAN REYNOLDS CBS NEWS June 23, 2017, 6:44 PM

INDIANAPOLIS -- A promise made before Christmas is fizzling before the Fourth of July.

In December, then-President-elect Trump told hundreds of workers at the Carrier manufacturing plant that he had worked out a deal to save their jobs.

But it's not working out that way. A steady downpour today did little to wash away the fact that the jobs of 600 union employees are going south.

"They're going to Monterrey, Mexico," said Robert James, president of the local union.

Reynolds said he felt betrayed, since Mr. Trump told workers during his December visit to the plant that 1,100 jobs would be saved.

Blasting companies for moving American jobs abroad was a feature of the Trump campaign, and saving the Carrier jobs was touted as a sign of Mr. Trump's bargaining prowess.

"You're going to have a good Christmas," he said at the plant.

But the truth is that 400 of the 1,100 jobs Mr. Trump mentioned were white-collar positions that were never going away.

Only 700 union jobs were saved. Six hundred others will be lost, and Carrier is not paying a price. The company actually received a $7 million incentive package from Indiana to keep the plant open with a reduced work force.

"That is what he said was not going to happen," James said. "That's what he told all of us."

"And a lot of these people voted for Mr. Trump" with the understanding that he would save their jobs, James added.

Duane Oreskovic voted for the president, and is among those losing their jobs.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrier-workers-betrayed-by-trumps-promise-to-save-their-jobs/

[DeminPennswoods]

1. As they say, elections have consequences.

nt

[workinclasszero]

2. No sympathy from me for these ASSHOLES!

Are you working class FOOLS tired of winning yet???

Who could have known that a lifelong lyin sack of shit, filthy rich POS REPUBLICAN would not really be a friend of the working man or woman?

DUH!

And now he's gonna take your medicare, SSI, SNAP and every other help for you that the 1% wants out of your hide as well!

Enjoy your fucking pResident FOOLS!

SO MUCH WINNING!

[physioex]

6. Yep...

Pence was their Governor and 60% voted Trump, and I am sure they would do it all over again!

[workinclasszero]

11. That's the worst part

They didn't learn from Raygun's voodoo economics or W Bush's depression, oh hell no!

Oh look another shiny new republican promising to bring back the good ole days when there were democratic majorities in government and union guaranteed wages and benefits!

And BONUS he hates the 'other" people and "femnazis" too! Lets all vote TRUMP!!! YAY!!!

What could possibly go wrong???

And...

They will do it again and again and again because those nice white people on Fox and friends tell them to!

[Bluepinky]

3. When you vote for a con man you get conned.

[dalton99a]

40. Precisely.

[physioex]

4. Sounds like the Workers and...

The State of Indiana taxpayers got duped!

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Flounder, Flounder, Flounder.

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[mnmoderatedem]

7. yeah shocker

trump was using you as a photo op and nothing more? Welcome to trumpville.

[Docreed2003]

8. The Art of the Steal...

The company makes a profit from the government while doing exactly what they planned to do in the first place!

The people who are shocked by this move clearly don't understand that Trump is a modern day PT Barnum, his admitted inspiration, and they've been swooned by the carnival barkers bullshit!

[GoCubsGo]

9. Too bad they didn't listen to Maya Angelou.

When people show you who they are, believe them. It's not like he hasn't shown us who he is for the past thirty years. I guess they didn't want to actually look at him. Too bad it took getting screwed over by him to make them see.

[MoonRiver]

10. Well, trusting a well documented pathological liar is not very smart.

They don't deserve what's happening to them, but they did kind of ask for it.

[nocalflea]

31. Mixed feelings from me as well.

Kinda hard to gloat when I think of the number of kids whose lives will be affected.

But, yeah, "told you so" , is mixed in there as well.

[tanyev]

12. On the bright side, they're all now qualified for honorary doctorates from Trump University.

[kacekwl]

13. Where is the media

who paid wall to wall coverage for days when trump was b.s.ing these dummies on the TV ?

[workinclasszero]

14. Oh they are bitching about Twitler not allowing cameras at his daily lie sessions anymore

Because they were suckered too, just like the fucking working class fools that thought Dump was on their side.

The fucking MSM figured Orange Hitler would pivot after winning the Russian election and be a good president!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the MSM tired of winning yet?

[NickB79]

27. NPR had an interview on yesterday

But yeah, no CNN or Fox coverage.

[RKP5637]

15. They were told what they were voting for with tRump, and now FFS they're surprised. Some people

are dense and others are just damn stupid.

[smirkymonkey]

16. And the scorpion isn't going to sting you...

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. There should be plenty of jobs in agriculture opening up for these folks.

Minimal retraining required, fresh air, sunshine, free exercise, an average of $7/hour for a 12-hour day (bring the family! make more money and enjoy the togetherness!)... I don't know what they're complaining about.

Sure, crippling back injuries from the constant stooping or losing an arm in the combine won't be covered, but we've all got to make a few small sacrifices to Make America Great Again!

[WinkyDink]

18. They chose to believe whom they chose to believe. It isn't as though we didn't warn them. So TS.

[spanone]

19. hey chumps, trump used you for a photo op....wake up. he's a fraud.

always has been.

[Kittycow]

23. Yeah, I remember reports of the workers cheering him.

I thought how stupid can these people be ? Not to mention that they're paying for their jobs to go south via the tax deal.

[oasis]

20. Those who voted to oppress... put themselves in a mess.

[kentuck]

22. This could be the beginning of the end of the Obama economy.

Ripped to shreds by the Trump agenda.

[louis c]

24. I have no sympathy for dopes

People who voted for Trump, but will lose their healthcare. Morons in West Virginia, Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania and South Eastern Ohio who voted for Adolf Trump, thinking coal mining jobs would magically materialize. Former union workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan who think $35 an hour manufacturing jobs with great benefits will suddenly reappear because Trump says so. And now, these nit wits.

No, I'm sorry. My sympathy is reserved for the people who knew this asshole would be a disaster, and are losing their quality of life. You see, we're all in the same boat, and when morons vote against their own best interests, and those interests align with mine, they're shooting a hole in the bottom of the boat that we're all sailing in.

Fucking morons.

[RhodeIslandOne]

25. Oh well, McDonalds and Walmart are hiring

Better suck up your pride and go get your minimum slave job because it's going to get worse.

[Kittycow]

26. They'll be COMPETING for those jobs to boot!

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Waking up . . . . .

[Historic NY]

29. Too bad they listened to the "showboat bullshitter".

[Freethinker65]

30. Carrier employees (jobs) and Hoosiers (tax incentives) both got played and the country got TrumPence

Absolutely no sympathy from me

[Blue_true]

32. When I read stuff, I think of a Law & Order movie scene.

A hard nosed prosecutor looked at a defendant after the defendant said that he should have know the obvious and didn't expect the outcome. The prosecutor said "What did you expect, what did you really expect?".

People that believed and voted for Trump after his history of lying and deception was made clear to them and those people are now facing negative consequences are getting what they voted for - except the expected the bad stuff to happen to Muslims and undocumented Mexican immigrants.

[bluecollar2]

33. At least they get to keep their guns....

[workinclasszero]

45. Right and they don't have to worry about this anymore as well

Enjoy your pResident (former) Carrier workers!

[Baitball Blogger]

34. Oh, so now 1100 people who voted for Trump are now dismayed because they

have figured out their candidate lied to them.

Yet, how many of them will spread the word to his faithful followers? Truth is, if they get another job this will all be forgotten.

[Squinch]

35. Well, this is what happens when you vote like a dumbass.

AND, for the privilege of being lied to and made unemployed, they have to pay Carrier millions in taxes that they wouldn't have if Trump had kept his creepy ass out of it.

[kimbutgar]

36. I watched cbs evening news last night and this was the opening story

Then they went into the Russians hacking our election.

I was shocked, surprised and happy they went after chump. And reported this like the good old days of evening news.

[joeybee12]

37. Is reality sinking in yet, trumpanzees?

[Golden Raisin]

38. They willingly bought and drank the snake oil

from a painfully obvious conman and fraud. Zero sympathy.

[Brother Buzz]

39. They should be holding Pence's feet to the fire, too

[rock]

41. In a word

[bresue]

42. Hillary promoted new jobs in new energy which these workers would have been qualified to work

Do I feel sorry for them? No! Do I feel good that they got what they voted for? No....I am just so miserable that I do not really care a f... about their sorry lot!

If they had educated themselves by researching the issue...maybe I would be sympathetic! We have a wonderful choice here in America...we can educate and research any issue...but many do not and then wonder why they got slapped upside the head!!!

[lindysalsagal]

43. Boo, effing hoo.

You're a fool to believe what a fool promises you. Presidents don't make such small decisions:they set policies for the gvmt to follow. They're not supposed to directly make specific decisions like plant closings.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

44. At least they get to keep their guns,

[rusty fender]

46. Sixty percent of Indiana is composed of

shitheads. They were going to vote for the Repuke presidential candidate no matter what.

[Oneironaut]

47. Oh, that just because Trump isn't a politician...

He's just learning on the job, etc. etc.

[Dawson Leery]

48. Fuck off.

and I will gladly buy on of those foreign labor air units.

You fuckers betrayed us, so now go fuck off.