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Trump’s ‘Great News’ Lands With Thud on Abandoned GM Plant Floor
- President of union local in Ohio was left out of loop on talks
- Republican governor cautions against celebrating too soon
American flags fly in front of the General Motors Co. plant in Lordstown, Ohio, on March 26.
Photographer: Maddie McGarvey/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
When President Donald Trump tweeted that General Motors Co. was on the verge of selling its idled car plant in Lordstown, Ohio, to a tiny electric truckmaker, David Green had no idea it was coming.
The president of United Auto Workers Local 1112 in Lordstown -- who Trump attacked on Twitter two months ago -- is among a handful of workers whose job is to do maintenance at the inactive compact car factory that made its last Chevrolet Cruze in March. He was left in the dark about GM’s talks to sell the factory.