Topaz Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Imperial Oil in Sarnia is closing down its oil blending and packing and moving them to Edmonton Alberta, which could cost 60 job, if none are found for them. http://www.theobserver.ca/2013/11/20/oil-blending-and-packing-operation-to-close Quote
Boges Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Those people should probably move to Alberta with the jobs. Edited November 21, 2013 by Boges Quote
Mighty AC Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 The Dow is currently setting record highs, big corps are doing very, very well right now. If we are losing secondary industry jobs and people must accept declining wages and benefits in order to temporarily protect remaining positions, then maybe our trade regulations are at odds with the interests of the majority of our population. Quote "Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
Shady Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 The Dow is currently setting record highs, big corps are doing very, very well right now. The Dow is high because of QE 1, 2, 3, and now 4. Some big corporations are doing well right now, some aren't. It depends on the industry. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 The Dow is currently setting record highs, big corps are doing very, very well right now. If we are losing secondary industry jobs and people must accept declining wages and benefits in order to temporarily protect remaining positions, then maybe our trade regulations are at odds with the interests of the majority of our population. Or maybe not, as these shifts are not temporary at all. There is no "going back" to whatever the majority of the population feels was/is in their interest(s). Employment nostalgia is one luxury they can ill afford. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Take that big corporation!!! Indeed.....Imperial Oil is 70% owned by Exxon Mobil. Big fish eat little fish. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Mighty AC Posted November 22, 2013 Report Posted November 22, 2013 Or maybe not, as these shifts are not temporary at all. There is no "going back" to whatever the majority of the population feels was/is in their interest(s). Employment nostalgia is one luxury they can ill afford. I wasn't implying that wages and benefits in the secondary sector would rebound. I used the word 'temporarily' to mean that even lower paying manufacturing/processing jobs will be exported. Unless our trade practices revert, shipping costs skyrocket or the third world instantly stops allowing companies to kill the environment and their people, we will continue to bleed even lower paying jobs. Quote "Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
overthere Posted November 29, 2013 Report Posted November 29, 2013 Looks like about 60 of the 1000 refining jobs in Sarnia won't be done there anymore, though I don't know if the jobs are actually 'lost'. Move to Alberta, problem solved. Quote Science too hard for you? Try religion!
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