Tuesday, March 19, 2024

When Donald Trump stabbed Lordstown in the back

 
Photo by Retiring Guy
HeadlineTribune Chronicle, 3/17/2023
I was also vice president of our union at the time and had been a member since I was 18. In 2017, then-President Donald Trump spoke at our struggling GM plant in Lordstown and promised to save it. Many people believed the former president when he promised manufacturing jobs were “all coming back” and there would be no need to move or sell our homes. Sadly, his actions proved he did not have workers’ backs. 
The president of our United Auto Workers Local at the time, David Green, reached out to Trump directly, asking him to intervene and persuade GM to reverse its decision. Instead of expressing remorse for our community or even acknowledging our pleas, Trump chose to attack Green. No help came after that. Trump had broken his promise, and the plant closed.

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