Below is a statement from Pennsylvania Rep. Josh Siegel, D-Allentown, on layoffs at Mack Trucks:
ALLENTOWN, April 17 – State Rep. Josh Siegel released the following statement after the announcement that Mack Trucks is laying off between 250 and 350 workers at its Macungie facility, a devastating blow to Lehigh Valley workers and a clear signal of the dangerous economic instability being fueled by the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policies:
“Once again, American workers are being sacrificed at the altar of political theater. The tariffs — erratic, broad and poorly targeted — are crushing core U.S. industries like trucking and manufacturing. Supply chains are snarled, costs are soaring, and confidence among employers is collapsing. Communities like the Lehigh Valley, built on generations of hard work and industrial pride, are now being asked to carry the burden of this administration’s incompetence. These are good-paying union jobs that our community cannot afford to lose,” said Siegel.
“These 350 workers are not just numbers — they are parents, neighbors, veterans and skilled tradespeople who built America’s backbone. And they deserve better.
“It’s time for real leadership. I’m calling on Ryan Mackenzie who joined Mack UAW workers on strike during his congressional campaign and who has made a career of pretending to stand for workers despite consistently voting against them, to act — now. It’s urgent that Rep. Mackenzie along with Senators Fetterman and McCormick take back Congress’s constitutional authority on trade and end this economic sabotage before more livelihoods are lost. Standing by silently while working families suffer is unacceptable; they must protect Lehigh Valley workers.”
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Bullsh*t. It’s corporate GREED. Follow the money. Mack lays-off workers and blames it on politics. None of the bigshots want to lose money so they hurt the workers.
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Agree. Mack also built Mexico Plant.
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If Tariffs make components more expensive and subsequently drive prices up sales will be reduced. Its pretty simple as Josh Siegel says the haphazard implementation has clearly rattled markets. Look at your 401K/IRA down 20% II’ll bet, (if you are lucky). The 10 year yield has been rising as Treasury Bill holders sell some of the 36 Trillion they hold, China is one of the largest and a target of the trade war…so think of it this way China is our mortgage holder and we are pissing them off, they finally say enough and want to sell our debt…we have to pay off (redeem) the debt and to do that we need to either raise more money so we pay a higher interest rate to entice someone else to purchase the debt (which is becoming increasingly unlikely) or print more money (which is where the real pain starts) both are inflationary so anyone on a fixed income (about 22%) are screwed. So it really is politics…we started a trade war, our middle class will be the casualty.
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