CWB PRO: Grain Prices Up.

**Fransisco** · Jun 28, 2012, 18:31

Hmm...didn't mean to give that one a thumbs up.

**bucket** · Jun 28, 2012, 22:22

Let's see here. 300 people getting laid off and it costs 300 plus million. I may be slightly retarded but that is a million a person. I realize not all the money is going to severances but this is outrageous.

60000 farmers had to beg for a too wet payment a couple years ago and Ritz just doles out the money to these leeches.

Surely to christ they were paying into a pension plan on their own.

**sumdumguy** · Jun 29, 2012, 04:09

Unions have negotiated severence payments into
the collective agreements. The amount you gat
paid is dependant on the years worked and your
salary.

If your salary is $44,000 a year and you had
worked for CWB for ten years, you would get paid
(I think) one week per year of service, which
would amount to about $8000 less deductions.
Not huge, by any means. By the time income tax,
union, and every other deduction is taken out,
you would get about $5000. But you have lost
indeterminant status.

**redbaron** · Jun 29, 2012, 06:02

Has there been any mention of what is happening with
the two ships that where bought on our behalf?

**bucket** · Jun 29, 2012, 06:26

the ships.

Bought using farmers money. If the cwb no longer owns them then the money should get refunded to the farmers, not the cwb.

Remember all monies are returned to farmers.

**jdepape** · Jun 29, 2012, 07:24

All assets of the old CWB will go to the new CWB.
That includes:
- the hopper cars
- the lakers
- the CWB building in Winnipeg
- the $120 million computer system that still wasnt
finished and isn't the right system for a voluntary
marketer so they have to buy a new system
- the Contingency Fund - whatever remains in it
on July 31

A question to ponder, since we are all still
interested in those lakers:

What money is being used to pay for them?
A. 2011-12 pool accounts
B. The Contingency Fund
C. This new injection of funds
D. Past and future pool accounts

**wilagro** · Jun 29, 2012, 14:56

You idiots wanted the old CWB gone so quit whining about the costs of winding it down. Geez, you'd fire everyone without any kind of severance..what a rotten bunch you are.

**checking** · Jun 29, 2012, 15:21

E. All of the above.

I believe the sacrifices will be worth it.

**Fransisco** · Jun 29, 2012, 15:42

Gee Will that means so much coming from someone who thinks their neighbor should go to jail for selling their own effing grain. You're not exactly someone who is bubbling over with compassion yourself.

CWB PRO: Grain Prices Up.