As employees at the Coty facility in Rocky Point left work for the day, they likely had one thing on their minds; they will soon be leaving for good. General Manager for Coty's two local facilities, Cary Newman, echoes what we have been hearing all too often recently. "We have been struggling with very challenging economic times," he described.
More than 500 Coty employees learned Thursday they will lose their jobs. "As one of those employees, I can tell you that Coty will be doing everything possible to transition to their futures and land on their feet," Newman said.
Coty manufactures and distributes cosmetic products for Sally Hansen and New York Color Nail lines. A returns processing center and promotional assembly center in Leland will be completely shut down by December 31st, and in Rocky Point, manufacturing will gradually be shut down over the next year. Distribution will continue for the time being.
The closures will be a big blow to the local economy, and heavily shape unemployment numbers. In March, Brunswick and Pender county's unemployment rates were 11.4 percent.
"The thing I feel most is real empathy for so many people that are really talented that have done really great work here and really it has nothing to do with their work or their effort that we are where we are today, so that hurts," added Newman.
Newman said career counseling and career fairs will be offered to the employees, as will generous severance packages.
Coty has been in Rocky Point since 1997.
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Why is there a now hiring
This is why!
Boy are you brain washed.
Boy are you brain washed. Unions will kill this country. Look at the auto sector and tell me other wise.
Unions
If this country is made up of all business and no people, then you are right in your analysis. The interests of the workers are not the interests of the company. Workers and companies are two countervailing forces. The company wants to get the most work out of a worker for the least amount of money and the worker wants to get the most amount of money for the least amount of work. Somewhere in between is a happy medium for both.
Regarding your example of the auto workers, be advised that it is the companies that agreed to the contracts with the unions. If they did not agree, then they can move out or close up. There is no law that says that a company has to automatically agree to what a union wants. Think of it this way: You open up a corner grocery store and have a 5 year lease. After the 5 years, the landlord doubles your rent seeing that you are profitable. You can leave or stay. If you stay, your profits are cut in half, but you still have plenty of money and all that extra money you made the first 5 years isn't all that bad either. If you move, there is no guarantee your store will be as profitable in the new location or that the new landlord will not try to do the same to you like the old one did. In essence, your landlord becomes your silent business partner. And with auto workers, like all workers, are silent business partners.
You can not have a business with out cost. A business tries to minimize their costs and maximize their profits. A worker tries to maximize their pay and minimize their workload. Countervailing forces; you can not escape reality. No worker goes to work every morning saying, "I wish I had more work and less pay."
The difference between slave labor and middle class is UNIONS! The history is inescapable.
True union story
Local folks of a giant telecommunications provider were unionized a few years ago.
* Their bonuses dropped from 10% to 5%, costing each employee thousands of dollars every year
* The health plan got much better. The dental plan became absolutely worthless. Four years later, the health plan is absolutely worthless, too.
So for losing thousands of dollars in bonuses, their dental plan, and now seeing no protection against the rotten health plans permeating industry, the employees stupid enough to have voted and joined get to pay the union a share of their labors every month.
Moral of the story: There's no such thing as a free lunch - you pay for any "benefit" you receive. A union is nothing more than a business that makes its money off YOUR sweat.
By the way, study the NLRA and NLRB rulings if you want to see how badly the deck is stacked AGAINST any company trying to stand up to a unionization effort.
Not every case is a win for
Not every case is a win for either unions or businesses. Take note that the example you gave first, about the auto workers, proved to be beneficial to them where the second example you gave about the telecommunications works did not to be very beneficial as you pointed out. Unions, like people, can not be judged solely on one single instant occurrence or contract negotiation. Do businesses make mistakes? Do unions make mistakes? We all make mistakes. Car companies made mistakes giving too much to unions and unions made mistakes giving up too much to the telecommunications company. It happens.
What I am saying is that there is strength in numbers and a better negotiating position. If the people negotiating don't know what they are doing, then somebody suffers. If I walk into a company an negotiate a salary, I would not be so well disposed to do so than if I was part of a greater whole.
It's the parasite and host scenario. Companies see themselves as the host and the workers as the parasites that feed off of them. Workers see companies as the parasites feeding off of them. Truthfully humans existed before companies did and that companies are the parasites that feed of the labor of the worker. When you look at a company, what is it really other than a group of men of like mind set on a course to enrich themselves off the labor of others. True, the men have the idea and skills to organize but they can't do it without the work of others and that is the crux of the issue: how much profit should the workers share in? What should be their pay for their work? What is fair?
NOW HIRING SIGN
They have had that sign up
true numbers
saw it coming from miles away
When will it stop.
"And bring all US based companys back in the us."
Bring back U.S. based companies.
Um....yeah.....!
UM....Yeah....!
Time only moves in one direction
I don't know where you shop
Del Labs moved here from NY
So now where do we turn here
Bye!
Don't be a part of the problem....
You are in a dream state.
You are in a dream state. Everything is happy and everyone is OK. Attitude you say is everything. Have you been able to pay your bills with attitude?
The world is full of many types of people. One type is willing to drop their pants and grab their ankles because boss-man said so and the other type is on the other opposite side of the coin.
Corporation are an American creation and they were created for the benefit of society. Take a look at the laws and charter of every corporation granted permission to operate in any state. When a corporation behaves in a manner that is not in keeping with public good, their permission to operate can be revoked by the Secretary of State of the State in which they operate.
If you think Coty is God's gift to the State of North Carolina because they let you drink the water you washed their feet with, good for you. Not everybody is as grateful to a company who, perhaps, is not as good a public citizen as they can be. Specifically, although laying off people or closing a plant may be good for the company's bottom line so fat cat boss-man can pay for his extra toys, but what good is that plant closing or layoff doing for society?
Back to the law books friend. You don't even know what a corporation is supposed to be or what it is entrusted to do.