Post by graybeard on Nov 26, 2007 10:40:33 GMT -6
Received this forwarded email this morning:
A sad story for those of us who remember growing up with Hershey bars, and just as sad for the generations of today. What will be out sourced next?
Pennsylvania is a big state, but it amazes me in this day, how some news doesn't make it over the mountain to the front page of our papers or the top of news hours nationally. Milton Hershey, this year, will be joining H. J Heinz in rolling over in his grave. Hershey Chocolate is moving to Mexico...whoopee!
They're even closing down Hershey Canada.
Don't buy any more Hershey Bars. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite and they are made by Hershey. But, I will not purchase another one! M.S. Hershey had a dream... I will buy my OWN Sugar, Milk, Cocoa beans,(all natural mind you!) and make candy.. (no tariffs etc..) EVEN during the depression...HE and the Company made money...NOW some Corporate big wigs are ruining the name... AND the product M.S. created...
Please pass it on...What a bunch of college educated 'idiots'.
Thank you M.S. for all the things I have and all you have done for me and my family...'I' do appreciate it... as for 'Dick' Lenny and Company...good luck you greedy, money loving mongrels...you are ruining the name, the company, and MANY lives in central Pennsylvania.... read on... Enough is Enough!
So Hershey executives are closing plants in the US , laying off over a thousand people, and destroying Mr. Hershey's dream, all to cut labor and material costs. The company will save about $170 million a year, all on the backs of the American people. The top executives will still make their megabucks and the laid off workers will have to find other jobs, some probably at minimum wage due to their age. All this to take their jobs to India, China and Mexico, So WHAT part of the 'GREAT' American Chocolate Bar is left?...NOTHING!
These countries are no doubt laughing at the Americans, who they don't like anyway. How long are the American people going to sit around and let big corporations do this to us? We must all band together and let them know we won't take it any longer!
Please, do not buy any Hershey product! I pulled EVERY dime of my stock,
retirement and my HEART out of Hershey... (it does hurt me to say that). If the company wants to take the work to these countries, then let those countries buy the product. We don't need it!
BLACKBALL HERSHEY!!
Please pass this to everyone on your email list so it gets all across Canada and the United States!
I'm a retired Hershey worker after 35 good years, and living in the city. M.S. was responsible for making Hershey a great place to live and work and educate my children.
I am not expecting this email to have a big effect on Hershey, but maybe if
enough people pass it along, Hershey directors' may hear of the boycott.
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I posted the above on an old car Forum, and here was one response:
Hershey recently closed a plant in California, just north of me. (I'm in Fresno). Here's what they did: Their old factory needed to be modernized. They opted to build a new plant in Mexico instead. The way they had it rigged, they avoided severence pay to those laid off. It had something to do with the fact that the new plant was not yet constructed, so there was no new place of work to go to. This allowed a large layoff without compensation.
Long story short, I, along with my friends and co-workers, will not be buying any more Heshey Bars. Yet another example of the worst side of human nature: utter greed, becoming more and more prevailent as time marches on.
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GB
A sad story for those of us who remember growing up with Hershey bars, and just as sad for the generations of today. What will be out sourced next?
Pennsylvania is a big state, but it amazes me in this day, how some news doesn't make it over the mountain to the front page of our papers or the top of news hours nationally. Milton Hershey, this year, will be joining H. J Heinz in rolling over in his grave. Hershey Chocolate is moving to Mexico...whoopee!
They're even closing down Hershey Canada.
Don't buy any more Hershey Bars. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite and they are made by Hershey. But, I will not purchase another one! M.S. Hershey had a dream... I will buy my OWN Sugar, Milk, Cocoa beans,(all natural mind you!) and make candy.. (no tariffs etc..) EVEN during the depression...HE and the Company made money...NOW some Corporate big wigs are ruining the name... AND the product M.S. created...
Please pass it on...What a bunch of college educated 'idiots'.
Thank you M.S. for all the things I have and all you have done for me and my family...'I' do appreciate it... as for 'Dick' Lenny and Company...good luck you greedy, money loving mongrels...you are ruining the name, the company, and MANY lives in central Pennsylvania.... read on... Enough is Enough!
So Hershey executives are closing plants in the US , laying off over a thousand people, and destroying Mr. Hershey's dream, all to cut labor and material costs. The company will save about $170 million a year, all on the backs of the American people. The top executives will still make their megabucks and the laid off workers will have to find other jobs, some probably at minimum wage due to their age. All this to take their jobs to India, China and Mexico, So WHAT part of the 'GREAT' American Chocolate Bar is left?...NOTHING!
These countries are no doubt laughing at the Americans, who they don't like anyway. How long are the American people going to sit around and let big corporations do this to us? We must all band together and let them know we won't take it any longer!
Please, do not buy any Hershey product! I pulled EVERY dime of my stock,
retirement and my HEART out of Hershey... (it does hurt me to say that). If the company wants to take the work to these countries, then let those countries buy the product. We don't need it!
BLACKBALL HERSHEY!!
Please pass this to everyone on your email list so it gets all across Canada and the United States!
I'm a retired Hershey worker after 35 good years, and living in the city. M.S. was responsible for making Hershey a great place to live and work and educate my children.
I am not expecting this email to have a big effect on Hershey, but maybe if
enough people pass it along, Hershey directors' may hear of the boycott.
-----
I posted the above on an old car Forum, and here was one response:
Hershey recently closed a plant in California, just north of me. (I'm in Fresno). Here's what they did: Their old factory needed to be modernized. They opted to build a new plant in Mexico instead. The way they had it rigged, they avoided severence pay to those laid off. It had something to do with the fact that the new plant was not yet constructed, so there was no new place of work to go to. This allowed a large layoff without compensation.
Long story short, I, along with my friends and co-workers, will not be buying any more Heshey Bars. Yet another example of the worst side of human nature: utter greed, becoming more and more prevailent as time marches on.
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GB