Trump ousts TVA board members over outsourcing jobs, targets CEO salary
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President Donald Trump said on Monday he was formally removing two members from the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority for seeking to outsource U.S. jobs to foreign workers, and criticized
its chief executive as "ridiculously overpaid."
In remarks during a White House event, Trump threatened to remove the agency's chief executive, Jeff Lyash, and called on the board of the nation's largest public utility to do so.
"Let this serve as a warning to any federally appointed board. If you betray American workers, then you will hear two simple words: ‘You're fired,'" Trump said, before signing an executive order aimed at preventing federal agencies from using foreign workers and offshore labor to displace U.S. workers.
U.S. Tech workers, a nonprofit that opposes expansion of H1-B visas to skilled foreign workers, had urged Trump to fire Lyash after the TVA in June laid off 62 IT workers as it moved to outsource more data and programming work.
During the meeting, attended by several TVA workers, Trump said he had been informed that Lyash had contacted the White House and indicated a strong willingness to reverse course.
In a statement, TVA said all its employees were U.S.-based and legally permitted to work in the country, but it would continue working with the White House on the issue.
Trump has also sparred with the TVA over its efforts to close coal-fired power plants and previously proposed selling parts of the government-owned entity to the private sector.
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Stupid S.O.B.
Who's "ridiculously Overpaid"? 🤬
Question is:
WHAT'S IN IT FOR DONALD TRUMP?
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