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Miles Archer

(22,384 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:58 AM 7 hrs ago

Ohio mfg jobs on their way to China...further proof that the "MAGA movement" is 100% cow droppings.

Workers are furious at hedge fund billionaire John Paulson — who has publicly praised Trump's tariffs as necessary to protect domestic manufacturing jobs — after he told union officials he intended to offshore most of the work at Conn Selmer by June, reported The Guardian.

“To go publicly on CNBC to support the Trump administration’s positive views on tariffs and all that stuff, and then you turn around and [say you] want to go send the work right over to China,” said Robert Hines, president of UAW Local 2359 and a worker at the plant. “It’s a slap in our face.”

Workers were informed the East Lake plant, which is the largest U.S. manufacturer of brass and orchestra instruments, last month at the start of negotiations for a new union contract.

"We came in with a full proposal, fully prepared to bargain, and they started off with a presentation of telling us how bad we were doing," Hines said.

https://www.rawstory.com/make-america-great/

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Ohio mfg jobs on their way to China...further proof that the "MAGA movement" is 100% cow droppings. (Original Post) Miles Archer 7 hrs ago OP
Yay! America first!!! brer cat 7 hrs ago #1
FAFO to all the employees of the East Lake, Ohio Conn Selmer plant who voted for Trump Botany 7 hrs ago #2
The quality of Conn and Selmer musical instruments will degrade cojoel 5 hrs ago #3

cojoel

(1,025 posts)
3. The quality of Conn and Selmer musical instruments will degrade
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:43 PM
5 hrs ago

If there is poor quality control it will be impossible to tune them adequately.

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