Did I hear right? Coke opens a plant in Afghanistan!
Let me get this right. Coke shuts down in Newfoundland and Labrador even though it was viable and average wages are in the tens of thousands while opening one in Aghanistan where a small bottle of the beverage costs 20 cents and the average wage is $200 a year.
Okay Liam we are really moving ahead now.
Read the Globe and Mail story
Oh my god - stop the bloggers press - Danny is worried about families leaving Stephenville. What's next our Premier will get worried about Marystown, Fortune, Ramea, and Harbour Breton?
2 comments:
You make it sound as if one closure was related to the opening of another plant.
By what measure was the NL Coke plant economically viable? Personally, I'd liek to see us focus on and develop more of the things that are unqie to us -- the things that can make us strong. I'm not sure bottling coke is one of them.
And what would your solution be? Legilsate a Coke plant in NL? Nationalize Coke? Ban coke sales in NL unless they setup a plant and hire NLers for the sake of hiring them?
Every closure is related to other openings and closures. I'm sure they havea business plan. Yes we shouild focus on industry unique to us - especially as it relates to energy intense operations. However we should be able to maintain operations in the retail consumer sector and manufacturing when the local market sustains a profitable operation.
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