A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
Headline from WANE Fort Wayne
The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.
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The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people [...]
Nearly 1,400 workers were laid off Wednesday from the former Navistar truck factory in Springfield, Ohio, three days before President Donald Trump is scheduled to rally at a nearby high school. The cuts were large enough to erase roughly a year of job growth in the greater Dayton area.
