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A manufacturing plant that Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., touted
earlier this month in a political ad laid off over 100 workers
earlier this week, citing "supply chain disruptions."

In a recent campaign ad, Warnock highlighted the Blue Bird
Corporation electric school bus manufacturing plant in Fort
Valley, Georgia, while promoting his legislation designed to
"transition" school districts away from gas-powered buses.

The Georgia Democrat called the factory "America’s largest
manufacturer of electric school buses" and touted his Clean
Commute for Kids Act.

Warnock claimed in the ad that his legislation to transition to
electric buses saves "taxpayer money" and supports "thousands"
of Peach State jobs.

A spokesperson for Warnock's senate office told FOX Business
that the Georgia Democrat is "encouraging" Blue Bird to "work
with other local businesses to help impacted workers find
employment."

"Senator Reverend Warnock is encouraging Blue Bird to work with
other local businesses to help impacted workers find new
employment, pushing the company to do anything it can to rehire
the workers at a future date, and continuing his work to
alleviate the supply chain issues impacting Georgia businesses,
workers and families," the Warnock spokesperson said.

Blue Bird confirmed to local press that 115 employees, or six
percent of their workforce, would be affected by the layoffs and
were immediately let go from their jobs.

The company appeared to echo national Democrats by blaming the
layoffs on Russia, saying the "supply chain disruptions" were
caused by "Russia’s war in Ukraine and the lingering COVID-19
pandemic."

Blue Bird said there are no current plans for future layoffs and
that the affected employees may be eligible to be rehired "once
the economic conditions improve."

Warnock's recent ad isn't the first time that he has promoted
Blue Bird. Shortly after Warnock and a couple other Democrats
introduced the Clean Commute for Kids Act last April, which was
aimed at advancing electric school buses across the United
States, he toured Blue Bird's facility.

"I grew up riding in Blue Bird school buses, and am a product of
the public school system. I can tell you the buses I rode back
then were a lot louder than this electric bus," Warnock said,
according to a press release. "Some say that you can choose to
invest to save the environment or jobs - but you can’t save jobs
without saving the environment. With investment in electric
school buses, we are poised to lead more into the sustainable
energy future - the green energy job future. It’s good for the
economy, it’s good for the air, and it’s certainly great for our
children."

Last April, Warnock tweeted that Blue Bird was "leading the way
in greening our transportation infrastructure & protecting our
children’s health." In August 2021, Warnock said he was "so
proud" of Blue Bird for "helping green our yellow school buses."

The layoffs come as the U.S. economy endures several economic
woes including record-high inflation, supply chain issues, a new
bear market, and prospects of a coming recession.

Earlier this year, Warnock sent a letter to President Biden
urging the White House’s Supply Chain Disruption Task Force to
investigate global shipping carriers, saying they were
responsible for "price gouging" and "corporate greed."

"Inflation and rising costs for families is a persistent problem
about which I hear from Georgians every day, and we must ensure
that corporate greed is not unnecessarily contributing to this
problem while Georgia families struggle," Warnock said in
February.

Craft Ventures co-founder and general partner David Sacks warned
on Thursday that the U.S. is headed for a "very serious"
recession later this year as markets have been experiencing the
"worst downturn since the dot-com crash."

On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated
his commitment to curbing the highest inflation in decades,
indicating the central bank will raise interest rates as high as
necessary in order to tame consumer prices.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/electric-school-bus-factory- touted-warnock-ad-lays-off-115-employees?dicbo=v2- ff34c5cbfb8b47d124638629843bce99
 

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