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The United Steelworkers union is upset after a Newsweek magazine report that Donald Trump used Chinese steel and aluminum in recent construction projects, and has launched a campaign to encourage its members to vote against the Republican presidential candidate.

The report by investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald found that Trump used Chinese-made steel for the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas that was purchased through a holding company registered in the British Virgin Islands and that he bought Chinese aluminum for the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.

The Trump campaign did not respond to either Newsweek or the Times of Northwest Indiana requests for comment.

USW International President Leo W. Gerard said Trump was “hypocritical” and “fundamentally dishonest” on trade issues at a time when 19,000 steelworkers have gotten layoff notices because of cheap imports.

“Trump desperately tries to appeal to Midwestern working class voters with promises to stand up for American workers and bring manufacturing jobs back to Ohio and Pennsylvania,” Gerard said. “But he sold out those very workers, their families and communities to save a few dollars on cheap building materials from Shanghai and Guang-Dong.”