Letter to the Editor Part 2

Mark Lundgrens Letter to the editor appeared today, along with AL's in the Brantford Expositor.

As a former GenFast worker of nearly 25 years, I was appalled to learn that the American owner, MNP Corporation which declared bankruptcy six months earlier, was allowed not only to cross our borders into Ontario but also to spend enormous amounts of money to buy back the equipment it walked away from at below market prices, while we former workers are unable to receive any sort of severance pay that we are legally entitled to.

If MNP had this money to spend on our equipment, then my question is why were these people not forced to pay their workers first?

Why are our elected politicians (Dave Levac and his wimpy party) not creating laws that will stop this sort of rape and pillage of our honest and hard-working people of Ontario? There are many people other than GenFast workers in our immediate area who are experiencing the same sort of problems I am going through. I hope things work out for them and their families.
I truly believe, though, that this type of robbery is going to keep happening until we finally elect people who truly care about the people they represent.
My advice to anyone now working for companies that are using our weak laws to declare bankruptcy and move to the sunny south, chain yourselves to your machines, keep fighting for your benefits and money you are legally entitled to.

Don't be intimidated by these narrow-minded owners and their highly paid legal staff. Don't believe it when they say you will be given what you are entitled to until you finally receive what you are in fact entitled too.

Mark Lundgren
Brantford