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Closing Indiana plant seems left out of Trump's Carrier deal

Posted December 01, 2016 6:00 am

The Associated Press

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A 700-worker factory in northeastern Indiana facing closure doesn't seem part of a deal President-elect Donald Trump struck with its parent company to keep hundreds of jobs at an Indianapolis plant.

The closing of the Huntington factory was announced the same day in February as the shuttering of the 1,400-worker Carrier plant in Indianapolis. Production from both United Technologies-owned plants was to be shifted to Mexico over the next few years.

Huntington factory union local president Bill Davis tells WANE-TV (http://bit.ly/2gD4Il1 ) he could tell from the announcement of Trump's Carrier deal that it was only aimed at the Indianapolis jobs.

Huntington plant worker Mike Harmon says Trump only talked during his campaign about the Indianapolis factory and he feels the Huntington employees were forgotten.

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Information from: WANE-TV, http://www.wane.com/

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