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Related: About this forumIndianapolis Press Conference | Bernie Sanders
Published on May 3, 2016
In whats become an Election Day ritual, Bernie Sanders on Tuesday went to a local diner for breakfast. Over bacon and eggs at Pepes diner in Indianapolis, the senator was joined by Chuck Jones. Hes the president of the United Steelworkers Union local at a Carrier factory where heaters are made. The plant owner, United Technologies, wants to shut it down and move the 1,400 jobs to a factory in Monterey, Mexico, where workers earn only $3 an hour.
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Indianapolis Press Conference | Bernie Sanders (Original Post)
Donkees
May 2016
OP
K&R. So moving, all the best to Carrier workers in Indy who've been shafted.
appalachiablue
May 2016
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Bayard
(22,256 posts)1. Thanks for this
I sent it to my brother in Indiana, who is afraid of losing his job, plant may shut down. Of course, he's probably already voted for Trump today. I'm sure our mom is rolling in her grave.
Donkees
(31,552 posts)2. Best wishes to your brother and his fellow workers
appalachiablue
(41,221 posts)4. K&R. So moving, all the best to Carrier workers in Indy who've been shafted.
In the upcoming primary elections will working class people vote Hillary? I doubt it.