For workers at Carrier, an air conditioning and furnace manufacturer in Indianapolis, the beginning of 2018 meant more lost jobs. Some 215 employees finished their last shifts shortly after the Christmas holidays. Their work was moving to Mexico.
Just over a year ago, newly elected Donald Trump thrust Carrier into the headlines. The company had planned to relocate some 2,000 jobs from Indiana to the Global South. But Trump announced that he reached a deal with Carrier to keep the work stateside. He proudly told employees that companies ‘are not going to leave the US anymore without consequences’.
