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Uve Benhad
of Gorham, ME
Sep 22, 2008 7:08 PM
Whining in harmony.......Dont sit around "collecting", go look for a job. Your old one is in China.report abuseJC
of Scarborough, ME
Sep 22, 2008 11:42 AM
Either shut it down completely or give them a date, so people can get on with their lives. They have homes thay need to pay for, they need to eat. To put them in a state of unknown is not fair to those workers.report abuseMark
of Millinocket, ME
208 good people were put out on the street, sure some went to East Millinocket, but they bumped someone over there.
When a job is created it affects two if not three others in the community, and the same holds true in job loss.
We were fed a bunch of Canadian BS, taken advantage of, and now they ask for trust? I am speaking of not only Brookfield, but a handful of officials that allowed this to happen.
From the TIFF that extends, even now that the doors are closed, to the influence these hockey rink rejects have over our land~ they have pushed this past the point of negotiation.
Millinocket has a case to just take the dam & power generation capability “without compensation” and Brookfield knows it!
.report abuse
Sep 22, 2008 10:41 AM
If the Union wants a restart date from the shysters at Brookfield then they’re in for a long wait.
208 good people were put out on the street, sure some went to East Millinocket, but they bumped someone over there.
When a job is created it affects two if not three others in the community, and the same holds true in job loss.
We were fed a bunch of Canadian BS, taken advantage of, and now they ask for trust? I am speaking of not only Brookfield, but a handful of officials that allowed this to happen.
From the TIFF that extends, even now that the doors are closed, to the influence these hockey rink rejects have over our land~ they have pushed this past the point of negotiation.
Millinocket has a case to just take the dam & power generation capability “without compensation” and Brookfield knows it!
.report abuse
heyrube
of canaan, ME
Brookfield Asset Management, which owns the mill, says high oil prices forced the indefinite shutdown,
and unregulated speculation, thanks to the conservative calls for deregulation caused that
like your heating oil prices?report abuse
Sep 22, 2008 10:40 AM
all the yoyos that like to blame the unions, what part of this don't you undertand
Brookfield Asset Management, which owns the mill, says high oil prices forced the indefinite shutdown,
and unregulated speculation, thanks to the conservative calls for deregulation caused that
like your heating oil prices?report abuse
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