Donald Trump Lashes Out at Carrier Union Boss

“And the company was still collecting millions of dollars in tax breaks”. Earlier this year, the manufacturer of heating and cooling systems announced that it would move 2,100 jobs to Mexico over several years. Mr. Hayes spoke to CNBC’s Jim Cramer about the move in a December 5 interview: “We have a very talented workforce in Mexico”. “Wages are obviously significantly lower”. But absenteeism runs about 1%. “[It’s a] very, very dedicated workforce”.

Donald Trump has blasted a union leader who accused him of lying about his deal to stop an air conditioning maker from moving jobs to Mexico. Bray was the only Carrier employee who had appeared on television that day.

“For workers who have 40 years in and were getting close to retirement, that 40 weeks pay might look pretty good”, Jones said.

Following Mr Jones’ remarks, Mr Trump took to Twitter to criticise him, saying he had “done a awful job” and that he should “spend more time working” and “less time talking”. He wrote that USA companies will suffer the consequences of the Trump strategies to return manufacturing to the US because they will become “less competitive than their worldwide competition”. He’s already shown off this approach with United Technologies, Boeing and SoftBank. Output at USA factories is up 150 percent in the last 40 years. Instead of the astronomical figure proposed, Trump only managed to grant 800 people the ability to keep their jobs.

Under the deal, the company agreed to maintain roughly 800 of the 1,400 workers at its Indianapolis plant and invest $16 million in its in operations in exchange for $7 million in state tax credits over a 10-year period.

Maybe top executives think his policies will more than make up for his Twitter assaults. “[Trump] was like, ‘I wasn’t talking about Carrier, ‘” Bray said, but “[he] made this whole campaign about Carrier, and we’re still losing a lot of jobs”. “I can deal with people that make stupid statements and move on”. Only about 500 jobs are sticking around and the rest, including jobs in Huntington, Indiana, are moving out while Carrier’s parent company collects a big check from the taxpayers of Indiana to further automate its operation. Carrier, meanwhile, agreed to invest $16 million in its in operation. But the actual number of jobs that will be staying in the U.S.is actually about 800.

President-elect Donald Trump may be crowing about stopping Carrier from sending jobs overseas, but Chuck Jones-the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999-isn’t mincing words: Trump “lied his ass off”. When he spoke at our plant, he acted like no one was going to lose their job. It seems Jones just wants to get back to work. In a December 1 meeting, Trump said 550 of the jobs would be saved. And while it may preserve hundreds of American jobs – at least, temporarily – it will also ensure that the prices of Carrier air-conditioners, furnaces and other products remain higher than they otherwise would be. He noted that many workers will be laid off after believing their jobs had been saved.