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    Pa. Workers Forced To Choose Between Watching Trump, No Pay Or Using Paid Time Off

    A memo instructed workers at a Pennsylvania plant to show up at 7 a.m., scan their ID cards and stand for hours through lunch in order to watch a speech by the president.
    by Bobby Allyn Aug 17, 2019 2 minutes

    Workers at a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania were given a choice ahead of President Trump's visit to the site on Tuesday: attend the president's speech, stay home without pay or use up part of their paid time off.

    Many of the construction workers did not find it a difficult choice. Seeing

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