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Bernie Sanders Speaks at Carrier Plant Protest in Indianapolis Indiana (Original Post)
Donkees
Apr 2016
OP
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)1. A great speech! A perfect venue and topic for Bernie-- love this guy.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)2. Man, that is just a few blocks from my work... I so wish I'd gone!
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)3. That's OK, Fast Walker
looks like a lot of other people stood in for you.
K&R
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)7. Yeah, for sure. Actually, they didn't really advertise it very well
maybe they didn't want too big of a crowd.
adnelson60087
(662 posts)4. I am so impressed by his message...
and so annoyed by those who are not.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)8. Indeed! How can a Dem not love his classic pro-labor stands???
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)5. No mincing words, no ambiguity, no lies or double-talk.
I love this man and his passion for truth & justice.
Donkees
(31,449 posts)6. "they could possibly stay if the workers agreed to cut their pay from about $23 an hour to $5.85"
INDIANAPOLIS -- Carrier contemplated staying in Indianapolis, but it would have come at a great cost to its workers.
Carrier decided in February to move 1,400 Indianapolis jobs (2,100 in total) to Monterrey, Mexico.
Following that announcement, representatives from the United Steelworkers Union and United Technologies, which owns Carrier, met for negotiations.
Call 6ABC Investigates found out that during those talks Carrier apparently told the union they could possibly stay if the workers agreed to cut their pay from about $23 an hour to $5.85 an hour.
Carrier is supposed to save about $65 million a year when it moves to Mexico in 2017.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)9. INSANE.
Of course the CEO gets paid millions.