OK, NOW... GET OUT YOUR HANKIES. TIME TO TAKE UP A COLLECTION: Alaska and Washington have each lost about one-fifth of their processing jobs over the past decade. In Washington, average monthly employment in the industry fell to 6,434 in 2004 from 8,668 in 1994, says Rick Lockhart, a state economist. Alaskas employment dropped to 8,500 last year from 10,400 in 1995, according to the Web site of the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The industrys big fish Three of the top four seafood suppliers in the U.S. are privately owned companies based on the West Coast, according to SeaFood Business magazines 2004 sales rankings. 1. Trident Seafoods (Seattle) $800 million 2. Red Chamber Group (Vernon, Calif.) $793 million 3. (tie) Pacific Seafood Group (Clackamas, Ore.) $700 million ConAgras Louis Kemp unit (Omaha, Neb.) $700 million Source: SeaFood Business Its a dying industry in the U.S., says Tony Neves, senior vice president of Vernon, Calif.-based Red Chamber, the second-biggest U.S. seafood company. Its a sad reality, but its a fact. TIME TO CHANGE THE RULES: MOVE TO CHINA. PERIOD. OR BRING IT BACK. PERIOD. ALONG WITH ALL YOUR BANKING. OR LEAVE. PERIOD. CEOS WILL SURVIVE, AND SO WILL POOR LITTLE RICH ASS-HOLE/MULTI GENERATIONAL MONEY. AND I DONT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT HIS GENEROUS DONATIONS - ASSUMING THEY EXIST - TO ANYTHING. THATS ALL JUST FREE ADVERTISING IN THE FORM OF A TAX BREAK. THERE ARE LAWS WHICH MUST CHANGE, AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE NEED TO BE FIRED!
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:54:52 +0000
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