Boeing Co. said Thursday it will lay off fewer than 200 workers at its 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston, S.C., a plant that President Trump visited earlier this year where he promoted his “Buy America” pledge.
The Post and Courier reported that the job cuts are part of a company-wide effort to reduce costs in Boeing’s commercial airplane division to compete with its French rival Airbus.
“We are all aware of the need to be more competitive in a relentlessly challenging industry,” Joan Robinson-Berry, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina, said in an employee memo. “While we understand the business need, it doesn’t make this action any easier.”
The layoffs will affect Boeing managers and salaried workers.
Trump visited the South Carolina plant in February for the debut of Boeing’s 787-10. While there, he touted his efforts to save American jobs and threatened a “substantial penalty” on companies that shift their operations overseas.
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Layoffs announced at Boeing plant where Trump pledged to save jobs https://t.co/dItuFjfZVD pic.twitter.com/ztJo1tT7Ao
— The Hill (@thehill) June 23, 2017
Trump is a real showman. Did he really think these companies were going to preserve American jobs or return jobs from overseas? Apparently, his supporters thought so. They just can’t understand that Trump’s presidency is a reality TV show and that nothing he says or does is for real.
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