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in April General Motors closed its Lordstown Ohio assembly plant that once employed over 5,000 workers Sherry and Mark Pratt were among those laid off from jobs that paid around $30 an hour you know we gave him the reputation of the good quality car we did nothing but earned what we had and I feel like we just got kicked to the curb some of the production is expected to move to Mexico where workers earn much less about two dollars and 30 cents an hour many of these GM workers voted for Donald Trump in 2016 make America great again at a rally in 2017 in nearby Youngstown President Trump promised that factory jobs are all coming back mark Pratt says these were empty promises he didn't do anything I don't give him credit for anything he didn't come out here he didn't do anything for us he just talked about it but John De Bernardo who worked for GM for 25 years before he was laid off has mixed feelings about the president's efforts to protect American jobs I credit Trump for putting our name in his mouth I pay a credit Trump for for getting the message out there and actually talking about it but I would like to see some more action the unemployment rate in the Youngstown Ohio region that decades ago was dominated by the steel industry remains nearly double the national average of 3.7% but there are manufacturing job openings at local companies such as summer garden foods which makes specialty pasta and barbecue sauces company's CEO Tom's ideon credits Trump's tax cuts for boosting private sector growth and has recently raised wages by fifteen percent I think that the competition and and the lack of enough people coming to apply for jobs is actually it's it's risen the the the percentage that everyone has had to raise their minimum that they hire people for but these jobs pay about half what laid off GM workers like Karen asan EO a mother of two had earned $15 an hour is not enough it's not that we make too much money it's never been that issue it's that some people don't make enough money business is also expanding for City machine technology in Youngstown which repairs heavy equipment for construction companies and factories Youngstown officials say getting people vocational training necessary to qualify for these skilled labor positions is a major challenge Gino de Fabio a forklift driver for the company remains an ardent Trump supporter despite the high regional unemployment and GM layoffs President Trump has done more screaming about America first putting tariffs on and bring jobs back here the guys at GM and many of them do they can't say it out loud but many of them do support have supported and still do / support the president the lifelong Democrat switched parties to vote for Trump in 2016 and appeared with the president at the 2017 Youngstown rally Brian Padden VOA news Youngstown