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Shell forced Trump rally attendance

Rogue Valley

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Workers had 3 options: Attend Trump's speech, use paid time off or receive no pay

At least some workers were told that “protesting or anything viewed as resistance” was prohibited during Trump’s speech.

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8/17/19
Workers at the Pennsylvania petrochemical plant where President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday were told that if they didn't attend the event, they either had to use paid time off or receive no pay for the day. At least some of the workers who attended the speech were instructed not to protest the President, who told the crowd of workers at the Royal Dutch Shell plant he would be imploring their union leaders to support his reelection. The instructions to the workers came in a memo, a copy of which was obtained by CNN's Polo Sandoval from a congressional source. That source was given the memo by a person in Beaver County, Pennsylvania -- the site of the plant. "Your attendance is not mandatory. This will be considered an excused absence. However, those who are NOT in attendance will not receive overtime pay on Friday," read part of the memo. Shell spokesman Curtis Smith confirmed workers were told they would also miss out on some overtime pay if they skipped the event.

The Tuesday Trump speech was an official White House event -- not a speech sponsored by the reelection campaign. Trump told the audience at the plant Tuesday that they should oust their union leaders if they declined to support him. "I'm going to speak to some of your union leaders to say, 'I hope you're going to support Trump.' Okay?" Trump said. "And if they don't, vote them the hell out of office because they're not doing their job. It's true. It's true. Vote them out of office."
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Democracy, Trump style. What union in their right mind would support Donald Trump and his union-busting GOP?

And since when does "official White House business" consist of browbeating a captive audience to politically support Trump?

Related: 'No Yelling, Shouting, Protesting': Shell Workers Captive Audience During Trump Visit
 
So, they got paid overtime to stand around while Trump was there. Sounds like easy work to me.
 
Mycroft said:
So, they got paid overtime to stand around while Trump was there. Sounds like easy work to me.
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If it was Hillary, I'm pretty sure our resident Trump supporters would be glad to take that work. :lol:
 
So you want them to be able to ditch a meeting at their work and get paid for it?
 
Hmm... I would imagine that the local police department forced rally attendance too - if its officers didn't show up for their scheduled rally duty then they wouldn't get paid.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Workers had 3 options: Attend Trump's speech, use paid time off or receive no pay

At least some workers were told that “protesting or anything viewed as resistance” was prohibited during Trump’s speech.

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Democracy, Trump style. What union in their right mind would support Donald Trump and his union-busting GOP?

And since when does "official White House business" consist of browbeating a captive audience to politically support Trump?

Related: 'No Yelling, Shouting, Protesting': Shell Workers Captive Audience During Trump Visit
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Do not take for granted the fact that corporate America LOVES Trump, and wants to see him get a second term.
 
Mycroft said:
Not when you are getting time and a half.
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O the long term damage would not be worth the money.

Like I said when Bush came to my job and we had the same type of option I took a week's vacation and went steelhead fishing...
 
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