CANADA : Are we really concerned?

[enim]

While being flooded with tons of inquiry from all over the place, lead to do some home-work.

Saputo cheese company closing

Some Albertans working for the Saputo cheese company found out Wednesday they may be out of a job.

The company announced it is closing two plants in Alberta — one in Wetaskiwin and another in Glenwood. Two more plants in the United States are also being shut down.

"Over the recent years, Saputo has maintained efforts to pursue additional efficiencies and decrease costs while strengthening its market presence," the company said in a release.

The company says 180 employees will be impacted, but it's not known how many of those are based in Alberta. Saputo said workers will be given severance and outplacement support and some will be offered the possibility of transferring to other Saputo locations.

Saputo says the cost of upgrading the facilities was too high and this move will save about $4.8 million a year. The shutdowns will begin in May and be completed by December 2015.

Staples closing up to 225 stores in Canada and U.S

Staples Inc said it would close up to 225 stores in the United States and Canada – 12% of its North America outlets – and forecast another quarter of sales decline as it loses customers to mass market chains and e-retailers.

Shares of the largest U.S. office supplies retailer fell as much as 17% after the company also reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results and forecast a profit for the current quarter that fell far below analysts’ estimates.


Kellogg’s Ontario plant closing

Kellogg Co. is adding its name to a growing list of U.S. companies closing plants in Ontario, as its London factory becomes a victim of changing consumer appetites.

The Michigan-based food maker will shut the 89-year-old facility as part of a four-year global retooling that will also see an Australian snack factory closed and a facility in Thailand expand. The demise of the London plant, which employs about 550 people and makes ready-to-eat cereals Corn Flakes, All-Bran and Muslix, underscores the stiff challenges facing parts of Canada’s manufacturing industry, despite the recent weakness in the Canadian dollar.

Liquidation World stores to close

Another retailer is leaving the Canadian marketplace to focus on strengthening stores in the United States. Big Lots, the parent company of Liquidation World, announced Friday it is closing 78 stores across the country and its head office in Brantford.

It operates 73 stores under the Liquidation World or LW Brand names, five stores under the Big Lots brand name, two distribution centres and an office.

About 1,600 workers will be affected across the country; of that number 150 workers will lose their jobs in the Telephone City.


Southwire Canada closing Stouffville plant

Southwire Company has announced its intention to undergo “significant changes this year”, including the closing of the its manufacturing plant in Stouffville, Ont., and the relocation of its Canadian headquarters.


Logitech closing its Canadian office

The king of mice is scampering out of Canada.

Logitech International is shutting down its Mississauga office, the lone Canadian location of the recently beleaguered maker of computer mice, webcams, keyboards and other peripherals.


Are we really concerned about all these? May be not!

[budwzr]

Watch "Inequality For All" on NetFlix to see why this is happening.

This is what the 1% movement was all about. Most said they "had no message", but this is the message. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. The computer and internet is eating up the rest of the jobs.

The computer has become the middle class. Everything's thunk out and implemented by a huge cloud database. No need for middle managers. They've been automated out.

You're either in at the top level, or you're mopping the floor.

The cruel part is using eye-candy smartphones as "personal companions", and we go about with our thumbs in our mouths like two year olds looking for a life, addicted to the very device that caused the whole mess.

[enim]

This is what the 1% movement was all about. Most said they "had no message", but this is the message. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. The computer and internet is eating up the rest of the jobs.

The computer has become the middle class. Everything's thunk out and implemented by a huge cloud database. No need for middle managers. They've been automated out.

You're either in at the top level, or you're mopping the floor.

Very humble & honest response.

And that's only the tip of the iceberg...

Very accurate and honest prediction.
Rest of the middle class already learned a habit of "Keep Shut Up! and further more they also learned to "Bend Over Anytime & Anywhere with sealed lips".

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Very few people on the earth live Down To Earth by accepting reality and universal truth.
For the rest I do not know in which galaxy they are!

[johns0]

New technology will always push people out of jobs,the faster technology develops the faster jobs are lost.