Union leader who called out Donald Trump says he's getting threats from Trump supporters
An Indiana union leader who publicly criticized Donald Trump for mischaracterizing the Carrier jobs deal said he has received threats since the president-elect attacked him on Twitter.
Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers 1999, bashed Trump to national media outlets for saying his agreement with the United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) unit saved more jobs than it actually did. Trump announced last week that the agreement — which gives Carrier $7 million in financial incentives — would keep 1,100 jobs in Indiana, which were originally slated to move to Mexico.
Jones has said that he was told only about 800 jobs, 730 in production, would stay at the Indianapolis plant, telling The Washington Post that Trump "lied his a-- off." A Carrier spokeswoman previously confirmed to CNBC that 300 headquarters and engineering jobs in the state, part of the 1,100 estimate, were never getting relocated.
Shortly after Jones criticized Trump on CNN Wednesday night, Trump tweeted that he has done a "terrible job" representing workers. He added that the jobs would have stayed in Indiana "if United Steelworkers 1999 was any good."
Jones told NBC News that abuse from Trump's supporters increased after the tweets.
"I'm getting threats and everything else from some of his supporters," the union boss said. "I'm getting them all day long - now they're kicked up a notch."
Jones added that he had not received death threats but said some of the people threatening him knew he had children.
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