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"YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules (thedailyadda.com)

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“There are a lot more people out here living in abject poverty than what people like to think or admit to. You voted for this—and now we’re paying the price.”

Employees learned of the cuts on Monday in a video message from Michael Adams, CEO of BlueOval SK.

Adams announced the transition would mean “the end of all BlueOval SK positions in Kentucky.”

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[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

16000 in the county this plant is in voted for Harris.

At our last contact negotiation one of the stewards said pretty much the same thing to a guy who would not shut the fuck up about how the company was doing better than it would let on. And that his department was being shuttered out of spite.

This was weeks after Trump was elected, and we all kind of knew tariffs were coming. We had stronger membership than we'd ever had but everyone was extremely nervous about how much steel would even be available to buy. Last time he was elected the company hemorrhaged money on steel because of the Cheeto.

So this guy was a well known trump supporter, and the Steward understandably lost his cool when the guy leveled one accusation after another at him.

He did end up keeping a job, he had to take RIF but he's still employed.

I live in a purple county of a very red state. I get where he's coming from. Most of the union guys vote for pro union candidates. "You voted for this" is something we all kind of think once a day.