Trump unleashes tweet on Carrier union boss who blasted him

Posted: 9:12 PM, Dec 07, 2016
Updated: 2016-12-07 21:12:19-05
Trump unleashes tweet on Carrier union boss who blasted him
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a union leader who has criticized Trump's Carrier job deal as a promise "half-way delivered."
Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999, has been critical of Trump's claim to have saved 1,100 jobs at the Indianapolis plant since Tuesday.
But shortly after he appeared on CNN's "Erin Burnett Out Front" program Wednesday night, the president-elect appeared to blame union leaders like Jones for companies leaving the U.S.
Jones has complained that Trump has fallen short of his campaign promise to keep Carrier from moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico.
"You made a promise to keep all these jobs. You half-way delivered," Jones told CNNMoney in an interview earlier Wednesday. "We expect you go back and keep all the jobs."
"Trump said no companies would be allowed to go to Mexico," Jones said. "There are more than 300 people over there at Rexnord. He needs to deliver for them as well."
Jones did not get to speak with Trump when the President-elect visited Carrier last week. But he said he was angry when Trump praised Carrier for "keeping 1,100 people" in jobs that won't move to Mexico. The real number is 800.
"He's lying his a-- off," Jones said about Trump's claim of saving 1,100 jobs. "That's not just my feeling. The numbers prove he's lying his a-- off. It's a damn shame when you come in and make a false statements like that."
Later Wednesday Jones elaborated in an interview with Erin Burnett.
"We have a lot of our members, when word was coming out... they thought they would have a job. Then they found out Friday, that most likely they weren't," he said.
Burnett asked if Jones thought Trump should apologize, and he said, "I think he ought to make sure he gets all the facts straight before he starts talking about what he's done."
"I'm extremely grateful for what he did. There's 800 people who have jobs... It's not all one sided. I just wished it had been handled in more of a professional matter."