Trump saved 800 jobs in Indiana, but at least 2,100 still leaving

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump saved 800 jobs at a Carrier furnace plant in Indianapolis.

But seven other companies across the state still plan to lay off workers in the coming months amid production shifts to foreign countries such as Mexico and China, an IndyStar review has found.

Including the 1,300 jobs that Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, still plans to eliminate in Indianapolis and Huntington, the Hoosier state is looking at losing at least 2,100 jobs to foreign countries in the near future — close to triple the number Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence took credit for preserving last week at Carrier's west-side plant.

And that’s just in Indiana.

Spokespeople for the incoming administration did not respond to questions about whether Trump might try to intervene with the seven other companies planning layoffs, though he did blast one of the companies — bearings maker Rexnord Industries — for its plans to terminate 300 workers at its Indianapolis plant, about a mile from the Carrier factory.

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