“Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country! … If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend more time working-less time talking. Reduce dues.” In an exchange that was surreal even by 2016 standards, the president-elect slammed the president of the local chapter of the United Steelworkers union that represents Carrier employees in Indianapolis. From WaPo: The Art of Punching Down.

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