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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:17 PM Original message |
Hershey Plans to Cut Work Force by 1,500 (union jobs to Mexico) |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know what it will take for many to realize that this is not ... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. This is a terrible economy for the American worker |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. "foreign workers" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sad. But don't expect prices to drop any time soon... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mr. Hershey's gonna turn over in his grave. |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Saving". |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. and people wonder why I have not eaten a hershey candy in many years--apart from the fact that |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. European chocolate IS better IMO. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Anything is better than Hershey chalk-olate IMO |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. How long til those jobs in Mexico get siphoned off to China? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Time to shut these fuckers down--pull their corporate charters and seize their |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. On self-determination |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Fuckin' A to that. Go peddle your candy to the third world Hershey's. You're fucking fired buddy! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. cheaper sugar and no medical /pension problems |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Isn't NAFTA wonderful? nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Completely opposite to everything Milton Hershey was about |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. And how will people with no jobs buy their chocolate? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Plenty of jobs at Mickey D's and car detailers. |
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Tbobby (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Could this be a result of the minimum wage hike? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Nice try - would you like to guess again? |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Union jobs don't tend to be minimum wage and Hershey has been outsourcing jobs and insourcing labor |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Uh, no |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. What Min. Wage Hike? |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here's the REAL crime: |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'll tell everyone I know not to buy their shit. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. Dammit now I have to boycott another chocolate company |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. that's horrible. the Hershey family used to reinvest heavily in their people. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. Robust Economy. |
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Doondoo (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. Voodoo economics at its finest |
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mitchleary (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Those b@stards |
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mr_hellcat (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Want To Help? |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Welcome to DU :) |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. Ghiradelli's tastes a lot better than Hershey's |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. $190 million a year says it all |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Economy Is Doing Exceptionally Well |
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