Labatt recently announced that they are closing a local brewery and moving that work to the London, Ontario plant which operates at twice the efficiency. The London plant was recently closed when Labatt sold its US division, which was what was based out of that plant.
Some background, Labatt leases the building here and has 2 years left on the lease. They announced that they would be paying for the remainder of the lease and taking the brewing machinery with them (which they own).
Today, the unions and the NDP (political party who typically supports workers, especially unions) are calling on them government to force them to leave the machinery in the plant (well they are calling on them to stop them moving first, but if they do they want the machines and equipment left there)
I do feel for the workers losing their jobs, but really, what right do the government have to force them to leave their own machines there for someone else in the hope that another brewery moves in so the workers will be able to work in the same jobs they have now (they could not move to the London plant as workers laid off from there will get first dibs on the jobs).
Some background, Labatt leases the building here and has 2 years left on the lease. They announced that they would be paying for the remainder of the lease and taking the brewing machinery with them (which they own).
Today, the unions and the NDP (political party who typically supports workers, especially unions) are calling on them government to force them to leave the machinery in the plant (well they are calling on them to stop them moving first, but if they do they want the machines and equipment left there)
I do feel for the workers losing their jobs, but really, what right do the government have to force them to leave their own machines there for someone else in the hope that another brewery moves in so the workers will be able to work in the same jobs they have now (they could not move to the London plant as workers laid off from there will get first dibs on the jobs).
