m0nkyman
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 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: Molson vs CAW |
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| Quote: | July 31, 2007, 6:20 p.m. EST
Members of CAW Local 284 working at the Molson Coors Brewery in Edmonton received news that they were losing their jobs and no cost-saving measures would have changed anything.
“We are incredibly disappointed and frustrated with today’s decision by Molson Coors Brewery to close a profitable operation in the country’s wealthiest province,” said Todd Romanow, CAW National Representative.
“The Edmonton brewery is of world-class caliber and has won many awards for productivity, cost reduction, quality control and health & safety. None of this was taken into consideration by Molson Coors.”
Only six months ago, this location was also voted #1 brewery of the company’s 10 operations.
The 102 members of CAW Local 284 have been on strike and locked out since May 31, when the company demanded major concessions on wages for new hires, an inferior pension plan and a reduction in sick days.
President of CAW Local 284 Garth Sanderson is a second generation Molson worker and has been at the plant for 20 years, his father 35 years before him.
“We did everything in our power to prevent this from happening, but the company did not seem interested,” said Sanderson. “This brewery has been around for 102 years and I can’t believe it is about to close –I don’t know what the workers will do.”
Molson Coors has indicated that even had the workers accepted the concessions, the Edmonton plant still would have closed within months. The company learned prior to the May 15 negotiations it had lost a large contract that would negatively affect the future of the plant.
“It appears the company had this closure in their plans long before the strike,” said Romanow. During this same round of negotiations, Molson Coors also rejected the cost-saving measures offered by the CAW. |
I've been watching the strike out my front window for the last couple of months as the brewery is my kitty corner neighbour and I'm pretty disgusted by this whole thing.
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Palamedes
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Inter-provincial free trade is what killed this brewery.
Previously, beer had to be produced in the same province that it was sold. However, they changed those rules so beer can be made anywhere in Canada.
As a result, it is much cheaper for them to bring in beer from another province than produce it in Alberta - given the cost of labour in Alberta right now. |
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