Thousands of union workers at Pennsylvania petrochemical plant were given choice to show up for President Trump's speech or stay home and lose some of their weekly pay.
the presidency was"costing me a fortune" he estimated to be between $3 and $5 billion. Trump said he was"going to speak to some of your union leaders to say, 'I hope you’re going to support Trump.' Okay?"
The warehouse Trump spoke in was packed with workers in yellow and orange vests who had been bussed in from part of the massive construction site. Two workers, who declined to speak on the record, told NBC News they were missing their lunch break to attend and had packed snacks in their pockets because they weren’t allowed to bring in food.
The event went past 3 p.m., when many of the workers' regular shift ended — causing workers to worry they wouldn’t get paid for the extra time they spent holding in the warehouse. Once Trump had finished speaking the workers were still being held and were letting out boos and angry shouts because they weren’t being let out. At 3:30 p.m., a plant employee tried to calm the crowd and let them know they would be getting paid for the time they were still there.
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