“UPDATE: Wildcat strike at Long Harbour” drew more than 6,700 hits and at least 34 publishable comments.
“being on Vancouver island and seeing so few KFC, i really need my chicken fix. so anyone on the rock wants to open one here in Comox, B.C., please do. salivating already!” — robert dunning “I wish Renee well with this endeavor. We need more healthier alternatives, and i for one will be looking forward to checking it out.” — Watchdog “No one cares!! Get over it! Life goes on!!” — Melinda “Fantastic news! We are long overdue in moving away from deep fried food-like stuff and toward healthy, real food. Looking forward to this!” — Linda “KFC is disgusting and deserves to be shut down. That is all, well except to say I think Jack is a nut.” — Jaime Marie Brennan “Yes, it does include Corner Brook. Pretty much all KFC locations on the island, with the exception of St.John’s.” — Gavin “There’s a lot of happy arteries, but a lot of heartache and betrayal towards “Baymen” as they will not have a KFC Franchise anymore, and have to settle for more expensive and poor quality fried chicken products. As for Renee Marquis, “JACK, I think you’re getting a bit too excited about this man.. It’s not a civil rights issue, it’s a fast food chain closing. No one is losing their, if anything people might be a bit healthier. I think if you’re really that worried about people getting their greasy fried chicken you could take this opportunity to cash in and be of service to the poor marginalized KFC-less and therefore second class citizens. Otherwise chill out.” — DAN “For the information of the peanut gallery, Miss Marquis only owns the KFC franchises that are outside of St. John’s. “Jack, I can’t tell if you’re being serious or sarcastic. No one anywhere is owed a KFC franchise in their area. I can appreciate that some people might love the stuff, but you can’t honestly believe that those people are being discriminated against because their favourite chicken chain is closing down in favour of a new direction for the owner, can you? I applaud Renee Marquis for her bravery in leaving behind such a sure thing to pursue her dream. We need more people like her in our great province, and more restaurants like the ones she’s planning on opening by the sounds of it.” — Darcy Fitzpatrick
(as of Wednesday) “So much for the promise of no labour disruption on this job site.” — Kevin Power “i agree with this strike as i am an union person and i have been trying this year or so to get work here. when you make a phone call to the union you are told you are 300 on the list and you have to wait your turn but yet they bring in foreign workers. can somebody explain this!!!!” — chuck “Yeah, just what our province needs after all the BS;... ‘wildcat’ = illegal.... Fine all the protestors; give the union a hefty fine; jail the leaders, & fire them all...I’m sure there are others out there looking “I am a Newfoundlander, I have had the experience of working and living in Fort CracMurray, some of you people need to get over it. ... this is not Fort McMurray, you will not get the same wages down here. ... there is no other place in Canada you can even compare Fort Mcmurray with,, wages or otherwise. ... I found that, everyone, including Newfoundlanders acted so greedy and selfish in Fort Mac ... you people signed the contract and knew what you were getting into. ... bottom line is, if you don’t like the wages here go back to the greedy money pit called Fort McMurray. ... there are many other skilled workers here ,myself included who will gladly take your place. ... I could say some not nice comments. ... will play nice for now.” — John E “What you’re missing is a grain of intelligence. There is a signed contract in place. When the contract is up, you come back and rant away.” — David “There is a problem with the wage scale in nfld when a certified labourer in Alberta is making more money per hour than a OE in NL. If this is the case then i believe they have a valid bitch.” — Mike Mcdonald