U.S. President-elect Donald Trump went on Twitter Wednesday to criticize the head of the local union that represents workers at the Carrier plant in Indiana where last week he touted a deal to keep jobs there from moving to Mexico.

Trump boasted that after negotiations Carrier had agreed to keep 1,100 jobs in Indiana. He has celebrated the deal, which came with $7 million in tax breaks, while reiterating his campaign pledge to impose 35 percent tariffs on companies that move jobs out of the country.

The real number of jobs staying in Indiana is closer to 800, with Carrier still shifting some of its operations to Mexico.

Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999, told multiple media outlets that Trump is being misleading and inflating the number of jobs saved in Indianapolis.

“What nobody’s mentioning is 550 people are losing their jobs,” Jones told CNN.

Trump wrote on Twitter that Jones “has done a terrible job representing workers.”

“If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend more time working — less time talking. Reduce dues,” Trump said.

Asked about the tweets, Jones told CNN, “That wasn’t very damn nice.”

“These people are making a decent wage at Carrier, and I feel like I’m somewhat involved in making that happen, where he does everything he can to keep unions out in his hotels and casinos here in this country, depriving them of making a living wage,” Jones said.

The Washington Post reported that Jones said shortly after the tweets were posted he started getting menacing phone calls.
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