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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump erroneously says Lordstown workers could have saved plant by lowering union dues
Trum--the fist pumping LIAR!! What a fool he is!!
In his speech at the Lordstown GM factory,Trump blamed the 1,400 laid off workers for the plants demise because the union dues that the workers pay are too high Trump also attacked John McCain and went on a tirade about renewable energy
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Donald Trump erroneously says Lordstown workers could have saved plant by lowering union dues
https://www.cleveland.com/politics/2019/03/donald-trump-in-lima.html
Updated 8:39 PM; Posted Mar 20, 6:11 PM
President Donald Trump pumps his fists as he arrives to deliver remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump pumps his fists as he arrives to deliver remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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By Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com
LIMA, Ohio Republican President Donald Trump, during a trip to Ohio Wednesday, again laid the blame for the idling of the General Motors plant in Lordstown on the more than 1,400 now-laid off workers.
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In his speech to the around 1,000 employees, Trump said the workers at the Lordstown GM factory, which up until its recent shuttering produced the Chevy Cruze, didnt try to save the facility. GM announced the Lordstown plants shutdown in November as part of a plan to lay off more than 14,000 workers in the United States and Canada.
They couldve kept that gorgeous plant, Trump said. Lower your dues. Lower your dues.
His statements about union dues are curious. Union dues are paid by employees, not by the company.
Regardless of the accuracy of his statements, Trumps comments were clearly intended to blame the union workers for the plants demise in the latest bit of a feud that has at times approached the bizarre. Presidents rarely tell bargaining units how to operate.....................................
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Trump erroneously says Lordstown workers could have saved plant by lowering union dues (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2019
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. Listening to anything tRump says rots ones brain!!! n/t
demosincebirth
(12,542 posts)2. WHAT??
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)3. The tweet is all wrong. tRump was at a tank factory in LIMA OH.
Lima and Lordstown are 200 miles apart.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)4. Trump has more bullshit than a Texas rodeo.
Who the hell listens to him any more?
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)5. I thought Trump's NAFTA was supposed to prevent jobs moving to Mexico?
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)6. If their annual union dues are over $500 a person, I'd be shocked.
So, hoping there are 100 employees, that's $50K/year. Gonna save a whole plant? I laugh at that idea. It's about a car and a half.....If they could sell 2 more cars a year, would they keep the plant open? Of course not.