>>>>>Hershey’s
>>>>>120 S. Sierra Ave.
>>>>>Oakdale, California. 95361
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>>>>Thanks. Not that they'll give a crap, but I'll write too.
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>>>Will you urge them to move it to Canada?
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>>Only if I get free chocolates.
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>>Seriously, you can't just drop that many people and periferal industries and not create havoc. Clearly their mission statement is a load of ... [choose your own derogatory word here].
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>>To some extent, it's possible that Oakdale will have contributed to their own problems by relying so heavily on one employer. I don't know what their options were, but it would seem that while the place was prospering, they should have diversified the local economy.
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>>Still, any company that dumps it's workers like that just so it can take advantage of [all but] slave labour will get no business from me. Not that I'm listed anywhere in their files as a favoured customer or anything.
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>I don't think they will get slave labor in Mexico. There are actual reasons why companies move manufacturing abroad and no emotions (even if they are honest ones, and this is not always the case) will change it.

Mostly they are probably going to Mexico for the lax pollution standards. What the U.S. and Canada need to do is to pass legislation barring purchase of any product produced where minimum standards of the purchasing country are not met.

Problem seems to be that the U.S. and Canada really don't much care how much somebody pollutes as long as its nimby. Of course, for the southwest U.S., Mexico does foul the U.S. backyard. It's time the U.S. took a stand.