Trump seeks jobs advice from some firms that offshore US work

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



22 FEB 2017 AT 13:57 ET

President Donald Trump, who has vowed to stop U.S. manufacturing from disappearing overseas, is seeking job-creation advice from at least six companies that are laying off thousands of workers as they shift production abroad.

Caterpillar Inc., United Technologies Corp., Dana Inc., 3M Co., Timken Co. and General Electric Co., are offshoring work to Mexico, China, India and other countries, according to a Reuters review of U.S. Labor Department records. (Graphic: http://tmsnrt.rs/2lk9N5W)

The six firms are part of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, a White House advisory council created to help Trump deliver on his promise to increase factory employment. Trump is expected to meet with several manufacturing executives on Thursday, but it is not clear whether they are part of the group.

About 2,400 U.S. workers at these six companies stand to lose their jobs within the next two years as a result of the offshoring, according to the Labor Department’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, which provides retraining benefits to workers displaced by global trade. Reuters obtained the information through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/trump-seeks-jobs-advice-from-some-firms-that-offshore-us-work/

[Vinca]

1. He'd better sit down and talk to himself.

Trump suits made in Mexico, Trump ties made in China, Ivanka stuff made everywhere but this country.

[Angry Dragon]

2. but, but he says it is all legal

[iluvtennis]

4. agreed. what a hypocrite to think ones notices for Trump companies nt

[tenorly]

3. Including his own, presumably.

[Bettie]

5. Yeah, they'll say

First get rid of environmental regulations, all of them.

Worker protections, collective bargaining, and those silly rules that keep us from killing employees, those need to go too.

Finally, get rid of the minimum wage and any rules saying we need to pay our workers in actual legal currency.

Then, maybe, they'll bring a few jobs back, at about two dollars an hour, no benefits, but hey, full access to the company store!