“We were wrong in not fully understanding the impact on our employees, especially during the pandemic,” said Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeff Lyash in a statement Thursday.
According to a news release, Lyash, along with TVA’s interim board Chairman John Ryder, met with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. Lyash further expounded on the TVA’s decision, saying it “supports” President Trump’s efforts to continue the growth of American jobs.
“TVA fully understands and supports the Administration’s commitment to preserving and growing American jobs,” Lyash continued.
“Our mission is clear — delivering low-cost reliable power, economic development, and environmental stewardship,” Lyash said. “We are addressing this disappointing misstep and refocusing our commitment on serving our customers and this nation.”
Earlier this week, on Monday, President Trump fired TVA board chairman James Thompson and board member Richard Howarth after the TVA announced that it would outsource 20 percent of its jobs to foreign workers.
“Let this serve as a warning to any federally appointed board. If you betray American workers, then you will hear two simple words: ‘You’re fired,'” Trump said at the White House.
President Trump also signed an executive order earlier this week that required federal agencies to prioritize U.S. workers, targeting the TVA, specifically, who had originally planned to lay off several of its workers, which the order claimed could cause more than 200 U.S. workers to lose their jobs.
“Outsourcing hundreds of workers is especially detrimental in the middle of a pandemic, which has already cost millions of Americans their jobs,” a statement from the White House said. “President Trump’s actions will help combat employers’ misuse of H-1B visas, which were never intended to...
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2 comments:
"...not fully understanding..." Have you ever heard a more lame excuse?
The damn politicians who implemented and continue to support the H-1B are the lowest scum. For years, I have said it and I have written to these miscreants, all to no avail. It seems President Trump is getting through. But it is the politicians who have created this opportunity for wrong doing. The amount of graft and corruption in the visa programs, especially the H-1B, is astounding. And they are getting rich off of shortchanging the People of the United States.
...after President Donald Trump and Mike Miles criticized the power company...
I see what you did there... Good stuff!
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