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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Dec 2, 2016, 03:21 PM Dec 2016

The letter from Carrier to its employees that Donald Trump doesnt want you to read

“It is not good news for everyone.”



On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump traveled to the Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Indiana to tout the deal he helped orchestrate to keep about 800 manufacturing jobs in the United States in exchange for state and federal incentives, including $7 million from Indiana.

“Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Not going to happen. It’s not going to happen, I’ll tell you right now,” Trump said during a speech at the factory.

What Trump didn’t mention, either then or during a subsequent “thank you” rally later Thursday in Cincinnati, is that the deal he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence helped broker won’t prevent Carrier from outsourcing more jobs than are being saved in Indiana. The company will keep about 800 jobs at the Indianapolis plant, but will still move 600 jobs from Indianapolis to Mexico. Another 700 jobs are being moved to Mexico from a separate factory in Huntington, Indiana, which will be closed.

In sum, about 800 American jobs are being saved, but another 1,300 are disappearing. Those painful details were acknowledge in a letter Carrier sent to affected workers on Thursday that was posted to Twitter by Indianapolis-based journalist Rafael Sánchez.

https://thinkprogress.org/carrier-letter-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-bccb2eee9c3d#.43e8r1t3r

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The letter from Carrier to its employees that Donald Trump doesnt want you to read (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP
K&R nt. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1
Truth is , terrible deal , just like Trumpster to make pbmus Dec 2016 #2
Trump talks his way around the truth, and we already knew that. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #3
To think that Obama was called the Marxist, when Trump is being a Socialist before his term starts! TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #4
Just boycott Carrier Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #5
"We recognize that it is not good news for everyone" hatrack Dec 2016 #6
.... CatWoman Dec 2016 #7
So he negotiated the loss of 62% of the jobs elehhhhna Dec 2016 #8
So it boils down to Trump with negative jobs and more money for Carrier Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #9
A lousy negotiator! murielm99 Dec 2016 #12
but he walked away with money in his pocket Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #13
Not even Prez yet, and Trump already brokered a net job loss. Beartracks Dec 2016 #10
lol cbdo2007 Dec 2016 #11
Woohoo. lonestarnot Dec 2016 #14
"TRUMP HAS NO PROBLEM SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY." vanlassie Dec 2016 #15

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,593 posts)
3. Trump talks his way around the truth, and we already knew that.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 03:34 PM
Dec 2016

Too bad that the folks who voted for him didn't.

K&R

CatWoman

(79,296 posts)
7. ....
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 05:17 PM
Dec 2016
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/02/carrier-taxpayer-handout-trump-owns-stock-parent-company.html


Carrier Got A Taxpayer Handout Because Trump Owns Stock In Their Parent Company

By Jason Easley on Fri, Dec 2nd, 2016 at 1:53 pm

The Carrier deal has turned into a prime example of the sorts of conflicts
of interest that will be coming to the White House with Donald Trump. It
turns out the president-elect gave Carrier $7 million in taxpayer money
and he owns stock in Carrier's parent company, United Technologies.
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