You Can't Go Back To Constantinople, Or Work For Lakeport

I'm not an expert on labour relations.  But here is what I think is going down (there is a lot some bias towards the workers):

• Labatts bought Lakeport a few years ago
• Labatts called the workers in and told them 3 weeks from now y'all are out of a job, we're closing the plant
• 143 people lose their jobs
• Labatts says the plant and its equipment are old and inefficient and it's moving the equipment to other plants
• Labatts has the lease on the plant until next May and say they are open to someone else taking over the lease as long as it's not another brewer - much like someone holding a lease to a bowling alley, taking the pins and balls out and saying anyone can move in, just as long as you don't try and have a bowling alley going in there
• 3 different brewers have put in offers and have been rejected by Labbats

I stopped by a wee rally in support of the workers last week.  Here are a few pics...