Tuesday, May 31, 2016

“I Love the Poorly Educated”— But Trump Casino Workers Lose Wages, Benefits in Bankruptcy

Today, the Supreme Court rejected a union's appeal of a lower court's ruling that allowed Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino to break its contract with union workers to secure a bankruptcy rescue deal. This was Trump’s casino until billionaire investor Carl Icahn “rescued” it in 2015.

In 2014, Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. filed for bankruptcy. Last year, a U.S. bankruptcy judge allowed Trump to impose a new lower-cost contract on unionized workers in order to secure Icahn's rescue deal. No wonder Trump says, “I love the poorly educated.”

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