Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up -- and not getting paid

[BeckyDem]

( Disgraceful )


Anya Litvak
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Aug 16, 2019
9:12 PM

This story has been updated to clarify the origin of a memo to workers at Shell's site.

The choice for thousands of union workers at Royal Dutch Shell’s petrochemical plant in Beaver County was clear Tuesday: Either stand in a giant hall waiting for President Donald Trump to speak or take the day off with no pay.

“Your attendance is not mandatory,” said the rules that one contractor relayed to employees, summarizing points from a memo that Shell sent to union leaders a day ahead of the visit to the $6 billion construction site. But only those who showed up at 7 a.m., scanned their ID cards, and prepared to stand for hours — through lunch but without lunch — would be paid.

“NO SCAN, NO PAY,” a supervisor for that contractor wrote.

https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2019/08/16/Trump-speech-union-crowd-Shell-ethane-plant-natural-gas-beaver-county-pennsylvania-attendance-pay-overtime/stories/201908160113

[Hoyt]

1. Sounds like most of them are trumpsters. Otherwise, they could take the day off. That's what i would

have done.

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3. Unless they couldn't afford to. Most workers work paycheck-to-paycheck and being docked a day's pay

would hurt.

[Hoyt]

5. Read the article, these are high paying jobs in the petrochemical field. They are trumpsters and

I bet most were glad to thank trump for backing fossil fuels.

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2. Wow. I hope a shitload of grievances will get filed.

Unbelievable.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Political donation in kind?

Political donation in kind?