Former Union Leader Calls Trump A ‘Con Man’ And ‘Liar’ As Carrier Lays Off 215 More Workers

The following article by Mary Papenfuss was posted on the Huffington Post website January 11, 2018:

He “sold us a bag of s**t” we’re stuck with, former Steelworkers leader Chuck Jones says at an Indianapolis town hall.

A former Steelworkers union leader has blasted Donald Trump as a “con man,”  an “idiot” and a “liar” as Indianapolis air-conditioning and furnace company Carrier Corp. laid off 215 more workers Thursday. The company has sent a third of its jobs to Mexico since Trump boasted a year ago about a $7 million state tax incentive deal for the company to keep jobs in the U.S.

“I think everybody ought to respect the president of the United States and the office he holds. But Donald Trump is a liar and an idiot,” Chuck Jones, former president of United Steelworkers 1999, said at an Indianapolis town hall meeting on Wednesday that was streamed live on Facebook. Continue reading “Former Union Leader Calls Trump A ‘Con Man’ And ‘Liar’ As Carrier Lays Off 215 More Workers”