Saturday, January 28, 2006

Bait and Switch

Here is the Canadian corporate capitalist version of bait and switch. Same thing happened when Maple Leaf closed their Gainers plant in Edmonton and a plant in Brampton to open one up in Manitoba.

Hog plant still on Winnipeg Sun -
Plans to build a new pork-processing plant in Winnipeg aren't being turfed in spite of closures of a similar swine slaughterhouse in Quebec. Olymel plant closing a shock for town Montreal Gazette


Well it shouldn't be surprise since in both the case of Maple Leaf Foods and now Olymel the union involved was UFCW. In both these cases UFCW advised workers to strike, and in losing the strikes ended up losing the jobs as the companies declared plants redundant and moved.

Yet with the relocation of the plants, UFCW retains unionized members. And union dues.It's collusion between the bosses and this yellow rat union. They are no better than CLAC whom they compete with in attempting to control workers in the agribusiness industry in Canada.


Time for a real workers union in retail and wholesale agribusiness in Canada not a yellow business union. Time for an autonomous worker controlled union, not a branch plant of an American business union.

While none of this story is on the UFCW website, Olymel provides us with an overview of the sellout of the workers in Quebec.
January 27, 2006
Olymel L.P. announces investments in several areas and redeployment of other operations 		14:00 ET
November 14, 2005
1,100 Jobs Created in Winnipeg with $200 million OlyWest Pork Processing Plant Investment 16:09 ET
October 20, 2005
Given the rejection of the Memorandum of Agreement by St-Hyacinthe plant employees, Olymel L.P. must assume its responsibilities 14:40 ET
October 17, 2005
Saint-Hyacinthe plant: Olymel L.P. and union reach agreement 13:47 ET
September 20, 2005
Olymel L.P. turns the page on its plan to reopen its Princeville plant 12:45 ET
May 6, 2005
Olymel l.p. announces the redeployment of a portion of its operations from three of its Quebec plants 10:00 ET
April 14, 2005
Favourable Opinion from the Competition Bureau: Supraliment l.p. and Olymel l.p. undertake a Promising Merger 10:00 ET Photos
February 12, 2004
Olymel confirms final shutdown 13:16 ET
February 6, 2004
Olymel Is Consolidating Its Processing Activities and Closing Operations at Its Princeville Plant



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