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EnergizedLib

(2,215 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:58 PM Dec 4

I love this for them

https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/gut-punch-trump-upsets-local-union-leaders-by-opposing-us-steel-nippon-deal/

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‘On Monday night, President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Co., vowing to block the deal when he takes office.

Some steelworkers in Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley who support the deal — and Trump — weren’t happy.

“I am very frustrated with the news that came out last night,” United Steelworkers Local 2227 Vice President Jason Zugai said during a panel discussion Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “I didn’t expect that to come out. So that was like a gut punch.”’

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I don’t know. It’s as if we’ve been warning you about him since 2015, and how many millions of people have let themselves get conned time and time again?
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I love this for them (Original Post) EnergizedLib Dec 4 OP
FAFO. Think. Again. Dec 4 #1
We're going to say that a lot these next four years EnergizedLib Dec 4 #2
I certainly hope so. Think. Again. Dec 4 #3
Pittsburgh steelworkers who supported Trump aren't happy that he's opposing the US Steel-Nippon deal. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 #4
I mean EnergizedLib Dec 4 #5
Why are US Steelworkers in favor of selling a US Company to Japan? Oneironaut Dec 4 #6
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