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“Labor Organizing in 2017: Looking Beyond Trump’s Lies on Jobs”—David L. Wilson, via Truthout

The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers (2nd Ed.)

David L. Wilson, author, with Jane Guskin, of the forthcoming second edition of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers, writes for Truthout about the current Trumped-up job situation:

“Donald Trump’s well-publicized deal with the Carrier Corporation last fall was ‘wildly popular’ with US voters, according to Politico. A survey by Politico/Morning Consult on December 1 and 2, 2016, found 60 percent of respondents viewing Trump more favorably because of the November 30 agreement, which the real estate mogul claimed would save 1,100 jobs that the air-conditioner manufacturer had been planning to move from Indiana to a facility in Mexico. ¶ As so often is the case, reality didn’t match up with the president’s assertions….”

Read the article in Truthout.org

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