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Union Members Don’t Love Donald Trump As He Claims
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http://nhlabornews.com/2016/05/union-members-dont-love-donald-trump-as-he-claims/
By BERRY CRAIG
AFT Local 1360
Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, bragged about his “tremendous support within unions.” “The workers love me,” he claimed.
The Donald likely would be looking for love in all the wrong places if he campaigned in some deep western Kentucky union halls.
“When Donald Trump says that American workers are overpaid, obviously then he’s not in love with the union member,” said Jimmy Evans, business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 816 in Paducah. “Union members don’t love him.
“He’s pro-‘right to work.’ He’s one of the biggest outsourcers of manufacturing his own apparel. My union members are not going to say they love Donald Trump.”
FULL story at link.
About NH Labor News
The New Hampshire Labor News is a group of NH Workers who believe that we need to protect ourselves against the attacks on workers. We are proud union members who are working to preserve the middle class. The NHLN talks mostly about news and politics from NH. We also talk about national issues that effect working men and women here in the Granite State.
