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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA mess getting workers out of Trump event. Crowd getting angry. Many of them stopped getting paid.
Read the thread.
A plant employee is now trying to calm the crowd down. Says they will get paid because they are still here working. No one can leave until the motorcade is gone. Most have been standing since noon.
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Its becoming a mess getting workers out of Trump event. Crowd getting angry. Many of them stopped getting paid at 3pm when their shift ended.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,372 posts)Electricians, ironworkers and construction workers are filing into the room where President Trump will speak in about two and a half hours.
His speech will highlight America's "energy dominance" w/ the backdrop of Monaca, Pa.'s Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex.
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Vinca
(50,251 posts)Hekate
(90,618 posts)...and then having to listen to his rambling. Ugh, what a day at the plant.
PatrickforO
(14,569 posts)I'm surprised no one fainted, because keeping them standing all that time is absolutely barbaric.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)"Mandatory Fun Day!"
You WILL go and you WILL have fun!
That's an order!
In real life, these workers can leave anytime they want. It's work, not prison.
This is an unlawful denial of freedom.
Hekate
(90,618 posts)And in real life you are entirely free to go ... find another job.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)There are certain things a company cannot force on their workers.
Religion and politics are on the list.
Hekate
(90,618 posts)smh
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,782 posts)Like that will help him win Pennsylvania.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)Poor Beaver County.
The trades men/women trying to actually build the place, don't worry about them. The self made billionaire will pay them for the hours they had to stay on the jobsite, unpaid, after work, so he could have a photo op.
The checks in the mail.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)he pays all those cities back for security during his maggot rallies.
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)spinbaby
(15,088 posts)Several times theyve mentioned that Trump took credit for the plant even though it was planned before he took office.
BumRushDaShow
(128,727 posts)in the Philly metro area. Thank goodness he was like 300 miles away.
DeminPennswoods
(15,273 posts)The heavily travelled I-376 (formerly Rte 60) was a complete mess as I heard several people say today, too.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)But making skilled workers stand around for hours, paid or otherwise, is very disrespectful, and I could see getting angry.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)sorry but lost it now.
Arriadna
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@Arriadna
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Replying to
@spettypi
So they were paid to be there??
Tal Kopan
@TalKopan
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Replying to
@spettypi
Were they paid for their time at the Trump event?
Trevor Hotchkiss
@TrevHotch
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1h
Yes, but not after the regular shift ended, thus the reason they were trying to leave before Trump finished speaking. Notice everyone facing away from the podium.
hugh field
@RealHughField
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Replying to
@spettypi
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@auntlellie
Wouldnt the company paying the wages of these employees to attend count as a campaign contribution, likely in excess of the legal limit? @emrazz
and @girlsreallyrule
since you are both lawyers.
feminist next door
@emrazz
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1h
Possibly...if you could establish that the workers time had intrinsic value to the campaign and not just to the company. Im not sure the test for determining whether a thing has value in this context.
LiberalFighter
(50,829 posts)Danascot
(4,690 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)that was excited to hear an actual US president. The news would only show him b*tching about the Democrats. The communities must've been disappointed.
It's amazing that his dementia only kicked in when his plane finally touched down in CA. The same fate will be bestowed upon 45 (nudge, nudge, wink, wink--he's not crazy now!).
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)It is completely illegal to tell your employees to not bother showing up to work (and forgoing a paycheck) so that they are a captive audience to a political grandstanding rally. This was nothing but a campaign stop for him.
kyburbonkid
(251 posts)The Ville is like a tiny Austin in the middle of very dumb red wannabees. And he's coming here to campaign for our even dumber Gov that has gone out of his way to destroy the universities, health care, food aid, environment, human decency.
spanone
(135,812 posts)hatrack
(59,583 posts).
spanone
(135,812 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)Hopeful (@cawilliamsp) Tweeted:
@spettypi They should receive hazard pay for the assault on their intelligence.