Remember When Trump Promised To Keep Carrier Jobs In The U.S.? Carrier Is Now Sending Jobs To Mexico.
As CNBC explains, the fine print of the deal undercuts Trump’s populist push to keep jobs in America:
In other words, Trump, supposedly representing the workers, got the short end of the stick.
Every day that goes by, it’s becoming more clear that Trump’s message of economic populism is disconnected from reality.
Indeed, one day after Carrier’s announcement that it would be laying off hundreds more factory workers, Ford said it would send jobs to China, a move that undermines the spirit of the car company’s pledge to send less jobs to Mexico and invest in more jobs at home.
As CNBC explains, the fine print of the deal undercuts Trump’s populist push to keep jobs in America:
The agreement does guarantee that Carrier, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will continue to employ at least 1,069 people at the Indianapolis plant for 10 years in exchange for up to $7 million in incentives. …
But fewer than 800 of those 1,069 jobs — 730 to be exact — are the manufacturing jobs that were always at the heart of the debate. The rest are engineering and technical jobs that were never scheduled to be cut.
But fewer than 800 of those 1,069 jobs — 730 to be exact — are the manufacturing jobs that were always at the heart of the debate. The rest are engineering and technical jobs that were never scheduled to be cut.
In other words, Trump, supposedly representing the workers, got the short end of the stick.
Every day that goes by, it’s becoming more clear that Trump’s message of economic populism is disconnected from reality.
Indeed, one day after Carrier’s announcement that it would be laying off hundreds more factory workers, Ford said it would send jobs to China, a move that undermines the spirit of the car company’s pledge to send less jobs to Mexico and invest in more jobs at home.
