Workers decry Whirlpool’s job cuts amid offshoring, praise of Trump’s tariffs

The US has lost factory jobs amid promises of a tariff-led renaissance Workers at Whirlpool, the US’s largest appliance manufacturer and a champion of Donald Trump’s tariff policies, are criticizing the company for cutting jobs at an Iowa plant while bolstering production in Mexico. The job cuts at Whirlpool come as the company has continued to support the Trump administration’s trade policies and claimed they will help bolster US manufacturing. Trump’s trade policies appear to have done litt...

By Michael Sainato