Union Says 2006 M.O.U. Designed to Be Fair

Evan “Mose” Hyde

News Five also asked the C.W.U. leader about the right of a business to make changes to become more competitive. He referred back to the Memorandum of Understanding drawn up in the early two-thousands.

Paul Lopez

“Where do you stand on the right of the company to increase its efficiency by moving to the Big Creek Port?”

Evan “Mose” Hyde, President, C.W.U.

“Apparently, in 2006, the MOU that was prepared saw the bigger picture of trying to ensure that all stakeholders were in a landscape that was fair. They, apparently in 2006 had the wisdom that you need to be considered by not just the multinationals, but also he well being of your people and their economic stability. That is what we call big picture, fair, just, and efficiency. Nation state efficiency, where not just a multinational investor is comfortable but that everybody is comfortable. Not at the expense of a hundred and sixty hard working people in a part of the country where there is no other industry brother, there is no industry.”