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Gianforte Recognizes Workers This Labor Day, Especially Hard-Hit Timber and Coal Families

Press Release

Date: Sept. 5, 2016
Location: Red Point, MT
Issues: Business and Consumers Employment and Affirmative Action

Bozeman businessman and tech entrepreneur Greg Gianforte, who created hundreds of high wage jobs in Montana, released the following statement honoring working families ahead of the Labor Day holiday.

GREG GIANFORTE: "This weekend we honor the hard-working men and women who put food on the tables and provide for our communities. This Labor Day we particularly want to remember the hard-hit timber, coal, and railroad families across Montana. They deserve leaders in Helena who will fight for them."

More than 700 Montana timber jobs have been lost in roughly the last year and a half. Coal and railroad workers have also been hit with layoffs and furloughs, while an additional 7,100 Montana jobs are threatened by the EPA power plan.

Gianforte is a candidate for governor, and is the founder of RightNow Technologies. He started the company out of his house in Bozeman, and created over 500 jobs in Montana. The average Montana salary at RightNow was nearly $90,000 a year.


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